CIHM 
Microfiche 
Series 
(Monograplis) 


ICiVIH 

Collection  de 
microfiches 
(monographles) 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microraproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  da  microraproductions  historiquas 


^: 


aff<3i" 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes  /  Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best  original 
copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this  copy  which 
may  be  bibliographically  unique,  which  may  alter  any  of 
the  images  in  the  reproduction,  or  which  may 
significantly  change  the  usual  method  of  filming  are 
checked  below. 


D 

D 

D 
D 

n 
n 

D 
D 

D 


Coloured  covers  / 
Couverture  de  couleur 

Covers  damaged  / 
Couvertutf^  endommag^e 

Covers  restored  and/cr  laminated  / 
Couverture  restaur^e  et/ou  pellicul^e 

Cover  title  missing  /  Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

Coloured  maps  /  Cartes  gSographiques  en  couleur 

Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)  / 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations  / 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material  / 
Reli6  avec  d'autres  documents 

Only  edition  available  / 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion  along 
interior  margin  /  La  reliure  serrde  peut  causer  d'^ 
I'ombre  ou  de  la  distorsion  le  long  de  la  marge 
int^rieure. 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restorations  may  appear 
within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these  have  been 
omitted  from  filming  /  II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages 
blanches  ajout^es  lors  d'une  restauration 
apparaissent  dans  le  texte,  mais,  lorsque  cela  6\a\\ 
possible,  ces  pages  n'ont  pas  i\6  film^es. 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire  qu'il  lui  a 
i\6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details  de  cet  exem- 
plaire qui  son!  peut-§tre  uniques  du  point  de  vue  bibli- 
ographique,  qui  peuvent  modKier  una  image  reproduite, 
ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une  modification  dans  la  mdtho- 
de  normale  de  filmage  sont  indiqu^s  ci-dessous. 

J  Coloured  pages  /  Pages  de  couleur 

I I   Pages  damaged  /  Pages  endommag6es 

□   Pages  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
Pages  restaur^es  et/ou  pellicul^es 

0  Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed  / 
Pages  d^oior^es,  tachet^es  ou  piqu^es 

Pages  detached  /  Pages  d6tach6es 

I  yA   Showthrough  /  Transparence 

I      I   Quality  of  print  varies  / 


D 

D 


D 


Quality  in^gale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  material  / 
Comprend  du  materiel  suppl^mentaire 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata  slips, 
tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to  ensure  the  best 
possible  image  /  Les  pages  totalement  ou 
partiellement  obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errat;.,  une 
pelure,  etc.,  ont  6X6  film^es  h  nouveau  de  fafon  k 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 

Opposing  pages  with  varying  colouration  or 
discolourations  are  filmed  twice  to  ensure  the  best 
possible  image  /  Lus  pages  s'opposant  ayant  des 
colorations  variables  ou  des  decolorations  sont 
film^es  deux  fois  afin  d'obtenir  la  meilleure  image 
possible. 


d 


Additional  comments  / 
Commentaires  suppl^mentaires: 


Pagination  Is  as 
Il07]-129. 


foil 


p.   [35]-5*,  82-99,  133-153,   [79]-96, 


This  ittm  it  filmsd  at  th«  reductlor;  ratio  chtcktd  btlow  / 

Ct  documtnt  ttt  (llm<  su  taux  da  reduction  indlqui  cl-dttaout. 


10x 

14x 

18x 

22x 

26x 

30x 

y 

12x 

lex 

20x 

24x 

28x 

32x 

The  COPY  filmad  h«r«  has  b««n  rsproductd  thanks 
to  tha  ganarosity  of: 

Stauffer  Library 
Queen's  University 

Tha  imagas  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  bast  quality 
possibia  eonsidaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacif icationa. 


L'axamplaira  film4  fut  raproduit  qrica  i  la 
gAntrosit*  da: 

Stauffer  Library 
Queen's  University 

Las  imagas  suivantas  ont  txt  raproduitas  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin.  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattati  da  l'axamplaira  film*,  at  an 
conformity  avac  laa  conditions  du  contrat  da 
fiimaga. 


Original  copias  in  printad  papar  covars  ara  fllmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impras- 
sion.  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impraa- 
sion,  and  anding  on  tha  last  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  imprasaion. 


Laa  axamplairas  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  ast  imprimia  sont  filmts  an  commandant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
darniAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'imprassion  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  sacond 
plat,  salon  la  cas.  Tous  las  autras  axamplairas 
originaux  sont  filmis  an  commandant  par  la 
pramiira  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'Impraasion  ou  d'illustration  at  an  tarminant  par 
la  darniira  paga  qui  comporta  una  talla 
amprainta. 


Tha  laat  racordad  frama  on  aach  microficha 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  -♦•  (maaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tha  symbol  ▼  (maaning  "END"), 
whiehavar  appliaa. 

Maps,  platas,  charts,  ate.  may  ba  filmad  at 
diffarant  raduction  ratios.  Thosa  too  larga  to  ba 
antiraly  includad  in  ona  axposura  ara  filmad 
baginning  in  tha  uppar  laft  hand  cornar.  laft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  framas  as 
roquirad.  Tha  following  diagrams  illustrata  tha 
mathod: 


Un  daa  symbolas  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
darniira  imaga  da  chaqua  microficha.  salon  la 
cas:  la  symbola  — «•  signifia  "A  SUIVRE ',  la 
symbola  ▼  signifia  "FIN  ". 

Laa  cartaa,  planchaa.  tablaaux.  ate.  pauvant  Atra 
filmte  i  das  taux  da  reduction  diff*rants. 
Lorsqua  la  documant  ast  trop  grand  pour  itra 
raproduit  an  un  saul  clich*.  il  ast  film*  d  partir 
da  I'angla  supiriaur  gaucha.  da  gaucha  A  droits. 
at  do  haut  an  baa.  an  pranant  la  nombra 
d'imagaa  nicassaira.  Las  diagrammas  suivants 
illustrant  la  m^thoda. 


1 

2 

3 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

,.„.,, .;;n.n 


-VJ 


*ti_  fl^'oeciouousTReisSiSsAno 


PDINT  PELEE 


THE  BIRDS  OF  POINT  PELEE 


in     p.    A.     lA\l'.KNi:U    AM)    I!.    II.    S\\  Al.ICS. 


I 


Reprinted  frcm  Th?  Wilson  lUillctin,  Xo.  .")!» 
June,  !!)():. 


THE  lURDS  OF  POINT  PELEE. 


1!V    l*.    A.    T.WKKNKK    AND  B.    H.    SWALES. 


INTRODICTION. 


i, 


The  following  report  is  mostly  compiled  from  the  notes  of 
the  members  of  the  (ireat  Lakes  Ornithological  Club,  a  small 
rganization  formed  for  the  purpose  of  co-ojjeration  and  in- 
tensive study  of  the  birds  of  the  Great  Lakes  Region.  At 
one  of  tlK'  earliest  meetings  of  the  club  attention  was  called 
by  W.  E.  Saunders  to  the  peculiarly  interesting  phases  of 
Point  I'elee  avifauna,  and  the  interest  of  the  membership  was 
so  aroused  that  a  tri])  was  made  there  May  13  and  14.  lilOr), 
by  W.  v..  Saunders,  P..  H.  Swales  and  P.  A.  Taverner.  The 
results  were  so  encouraging  that  further  and  more  extended 
trips  have  Ix^ju  made  as  business  conditions  jvermitted.  The 
following  are  the  fruits  of  the  work  to  date.  Credit  nuist  be 
given  to  the  following  members,  who  have  aided  the  writers 
to  the  utmost  in  their  endeavors  to  present  all  the  data  so  far 
accumulated  in  regard  to  the  birds  (jf  this  interesting  locality. 

Dr.  William  Jlrodie,  who  made  a  collecting  trip  to  the  Point 
in  July,  lH7!t.  and  added  soiue  valuable  notes  in  regard  to 
conditions  at  that  early  date. 

-Mr.  W.  I"..  Saunders,  of  I^Midon,  Out.,  who  made  various 
trips  during  and  after  ISSI,  and  has  added  several  sjx'cies  that 
do  not  seem  to  <KCur  there  now  or  that  the  rest  of  us  have 
failed  to  find,  besides  many  other  notes  whose  value  will  apjx-ar 


'i 


A  i  >-■;  / 


38 


The  Wilson  IUi.i.ktin — No.  TiO. 


in  the  following  text.  Not  the  least  of  our  indebtedness  to 
this  gentleman  arises  from  the  fact  that  he  first  introduced 
us  to  Point  Pelee. 

Mr.  J.  E.  Kcays,  who  accompanied  the  above  on  many  of 
his  carlv  trips  and  made  another  rather  extended  one  in  the 
fall  of  1!»01. 

Mr.  A.  P..  Klugli,  of  Kingston.  Ont.,  who  accompanied  the 
authors  on  a  two  weeks  expedition  the  first  of  SeptemlxT, 
!!)().*>,  and  to  whom  special  credit  must  be  given  for  all  the 
iKitanical  notes,  besides  others  of  ntcre  direct  ornithological 
interest. 

Mr.  J.  TI.  Fleming,  who  accompanied  th?  writers  May  "30 
and  -U.  PIIm;.  to  the  Point  and  who  succeeded  in  making  the 
rarest  record  for  the  locality. 

Dr.  Lynds  Jones,  who,  stationed  on  the  Islands,  co-operated 
with  us  on  the  Point  in  early  SeplemlK-r,  l'.»0-").  and  furnished 
valuable  data  as  to  the  actions  of  migrants  as  they  passed 
over  the  lak 

And  lastl> .  though  not  least,  to  the  various  residents  on  the 
I'oint  will  se  good  will  and  kindness  made  our  trips,  if  not 
liossible.  at  least  comfortable;  and  among  these  especially  to 
Mr.  Albert  (Gardner,  whose  information  on  various  birds  we 
have  found  most  reliable  and  valuable,  especially  in  regard  to 
the  water  fowl.  <;f  which  it  is  most  difficult  to  gather  data  on 
short  and  desultory  trips. 

That  the  work  is  far  from  complete  will  be  evident  from  the 
numerous  gaps  that  exist  in  the  list,  that  we  have  so  far  been 
unable  t  >  fill  from  actual  olxservation  or  reliable  re])ort.  We 
have  allowed  consistently  the  rule  of  admitting  nothing,  ex- 
cept absolutely  positive  evidence  without  giving  the  grounds 
for  our  conclusions  that  the  reader  can  judge  their 
weight  for  himself.  In  nearly  all  cases  specinnens  have  been 
taken  or  exan.ined  by  the  writers  and  in  all  important  records 
the  locruion  of  the  specimen  has  l)een  definit-'ly  determined  so 
that  the  identifications  can  l)o  at  any  time  verified.  .Many  of 
the  >liortcomiiigs  of  the  list  nuist  be  charged  against  tli<'  in- 
t.rnitlent  character  of  the  work  done  at  the  Point  and  that 
this  may  Ix'  duly  aHowed  for  we  ;.])pend  the  list  of  visits  made 


). 


T.WKKN'EK   AM)    S\\  AMCS,    OX    IllRDS   OF    I'oiNT    PkI.KK.       .*?!) 


y 


:f; 


to  tlic  locality,  by  the  writer,  upon  which  the  bulk  of  the  work 
rests. 

May  l:;.  1  !!().->.  W.  ]•:.  Saunders.  ]',.  H.  Swales  an.l  V.  A. 
TavLTner  tramped  out  the  cast  shore,  camped  in  the  red  cedar 
Ix'lt  on  the  op]H)site  side  and  beyond  the  end  of  the  marsh  and 
returne<l  alonp  the  west  side  road  the  next  day. 

.S-pt.  .■)  to  IT,  1!>().">,  A.  T'>.  Klucrh  and  Taverncr  formed  a 
cam])  alxnit  tlu'  same  place  as  Ivfore.  from  which  point  thcv 
\\i;  rked  all  localities  of  interest  carefully.  Sept.  S  thcv  were 
joined  by  .Swalis,  who  remained  i  ntil  tlu'  l.'ith.  Camp  was 
broken  the  ITth. 

( )ctoher  •.'!>.  1!HI.").  Taverncr  made  a  stirve\-  of  the  east  shore. 

May  V'O,  l!M)(i,  J.  H.  Me.  lins.  Swales  and  Tavcrner 
drove  out  to  the  old  campincf  grounds,  worked  the  end  f>f  the 
I'oint  and  a  bit  of  the  cast  shore,  relnrning  the  mxt  day  along 
the  r.  nd  on  the  west  side. 

.Sei)t.  1.  I'.MKi,  .Swales  and  T.iverncr  worked  the  country 
aroinid  the  end  of  the  marsh  ami  towards  the  end  of  the 
Point  and   returned   .Sept.   .!. 

.Sept.  l.-)--^i,  ll»(l(i.  Saunders.  .Swales  and  Taverner  camped 
in  the  usual  ))lace  and  worked  the  end  of  the  I'oint  thoroughly 
and  sp'ent  considerable  tinie  on  the  marsh  and  ponds. 

(  )ct.  1  I.  ]!>U(;,  Swales  and  Tawrner  covered  the  end  of  the 
Point,  returning  the  next  day  along  the  east  beach,  working 
the    Lake    Pond  on   the  way. 

.March  !l,  1IHI7,  the  same  two  put  in  two  days  about  the  end 
of  the  Point. 

May  :!1,  1!K)T.  Saunders  and  Taverner  tramped  out  the  east 
beach  and  camived  on  the  old  grounds,  worked  liic  end  <if  the 
I'oint  and  the  beaches,  returning  June  1. 

I'lnSK  AI.    AM)    KfCOI.iK.ICAI.    DlCSCRI  1' I  ION  . 

]*oint  Pelee  is  near  the  western  end  of  Lake  F.rie,  projecting 
into  those  waters  some  nine  miles  or  so  from  the  northern  or 
Ontario  shore.  It  is  the  most  southern  point  of  the  mainland 
of  the  Canadian  lX>niiniou  and  otters  n\any  features  of 
|)eculiar  interest  to  the  student  of  ornithological  distribution. 
In  shape  it  resembles  a  large  "\"  with  concave  anus  llaring 


40 


ThK  W'II  S()\    P.IIXETIN — X(>.    .')!». 


rajiidly  t'lt  tlic  top  wlicro  it  nx-rgcs  into  tlio  j^i-iuTal  trend  of  the 
main  sliore  and  attains  a  width  m'  alxjnt  six  miles.  Tiiis  rc- 
s'.inhlance  to  the  letter  is  more  than  superficial,  and  a  closer 
I'xaniinaticn  carries  ont  the  likeness  farther  than  is  apparent 
from  its  outline  shape  alone.  The  general  aspect  is  that  of 
two  lonp.  low  sand-hars  meetinsr  at  the  apex  where  they  are 
anialp;-aniate(l  for  a  little  over  two  miles  of  their  length,  and 
from  thence  stretching:  out  in  divergent  parabolic  lin* "  to  the 
main  sh<  re.  The  triangle  so  inclosed  from  the  pomt  of 
juncture  hack  to  the  mainland  i^  swam])  of  varying  degrees 
of  wetness,  some  places  heing  ruite  firm  and  wadable,  hut 
others  are  <|uaking  1>ogs  that  render  such  a  jirocecding  a 
ticklish  imdertaking.  In  s<'ver;il  places  the  marsh  dceix'tis 
into  ponds,  some  being  of  consi(kral)le  size. 

Tlie  marsh  itself  is  largelv  composed  of  the  ft>llo\ving 
plants:  Cat-tail.  Tyf^lia  lati folia:  Narrow-leaved  Cat-tail. 
Typhii  aui^iistifolia:  Wild  Rice.  Zizania  aqiiatica;  Reed  Grass, 
Phrai^iiiitcs  coniiiiiiiiis :  and  Lake  iUiUrush  .^i  rpiis  laciistris. 
( )f  the  |x)n(ls.  those  known  as  the  Lake  Pond  ar.d  the  Cove 
Pord  .-"-e  the  principal  and  largest.  These  arc  of  no  great 
depth  and  their  bottoms  are  com|K>sed  of  successive  genera- 
tions of  atjuatic  plants  and  are  soft  and  treacherous.  The 
Lake  Pond  contains  great  masses  of  Wild  Celery,  J'al- 
lisiicria  s{>iralis,  which,  with  the  Wild  Rice  that  grows  plenti- 
fully and  to  great  size  about  its  s..  )res,  offers  great  inducements 
to  the  wild  fowl  that  visit  tbe  locality  in  large  numl>ers  during 
the  migrations.  German  Carp  that  are  said  to  Ix^  common  are 
not  nearly  as  numerous  here  as  r.*^  t'le  St.  Clair  Flats  nor  have 
they  drne  the  damage  that  they  1  ave  at  the  latter  place  where 
the  punters  claim  they  have  almost  entirely  exterminated  the 
native  ^\'ild  Celery. 

Across  the  base  of  the  Point  and  cutting  off  a  considerable 
jx^rtion  of  the  marsh,  a  wide  ditch  has  been  dus;  from  shore 
to  shore  and  the  mater*  d  excavated  heaped  u\>  on  the  outer 
side  to  form  a  dyke.  On  the  eastern  shore  a  pumping  station 
has  been  erected  and  the  water  is  raised  from  the  inner  side 
and  thrown  out  into  the  lake,  thus  reclaiming  several  hundreds 
of  acres  of  rich  swamp  land  to  agrieultural  use.     The  debris 


T.WKKNEK    AM)    SwAI.ES.   OX    I'lRIlS   or    PoIM     PeLEE.        H 


■»  « 


I 


taken  from  the  excavation  is  a  stiff  blue  clay  giving  an  indica- 
tion of  the  underlying  strnta  upon  which  the  superficial 
structure  of  the  Point  is  built.  On  top  of  this  clay  there  are, 
in  places,  from  two  to  three  feet  of  solid  peat  showing  in  the 
vertical  faces  of  the  cut. 

The  ea.stern  slxre  forming  the  right  hand  arm  of  the  "V" 
is  very  simple  in  character,  bcinij  comjxised  of  but  a  single 
sand-dune,  bare  of  vegetation  except  for  a  meager  covering  of 
zerophitic  plants  and  a  few  scattered  cottonwoods.  Out  be- 
yond the  end  of  the  marsh  where  the  two  arms  join,  the 
forest  growth  of  the  opposite  shore  encroaches  on  the  east 
side  until  their  roots  arc  almost  washed  by  the  waves  of  the 
lake.  The  average  width  of  the  duiK"  for  the  greatest  part  of 
its  length  is  but  a  hundred  yards  and  in  sonie  places  rises  to 
a  iieight  of  ten  feet  alx)ve  the  lake,  though  in  others  it  is  so 
low  that,  during  storms  when  the  wind  is  in  the  right  direction, 
the  waves  wash  com])letcly  over  the  slight  sand  barrier  into 
thf  marsh  beyond.  'Jhe  plant  life  is  typical  of  such  places  and 
is  comj^osed  of  Sand-drop-set<l,  Sporobolus  cryptandrus; 
Knot-weed  Sjiurge,  Euphorbia  p<>ly}^o)ifolia;  and  Tall  Worm- 
wood, Artemisia  caudata.  Several  scattered  clumps  of  Cotton- 
w(X)d  mentioned  before  occur  on  the  crest,  and  patches  of  Sea 
Sand-reed.  Aimiiopliila  aritndinacca,  and  SnKK>th  Panic  Grass, 
I'aiiiciim  virgatitm. 

Just  above  high  water  mark  the  dune  rises  rather  abruptly. 
es|)ecially  towards  the  base  of  the  ix)int,  forming  a  fairly  well 
marked  bluff,  and  then  graduallv  sinks  away  into  the  marsh 
on  the  other  side,  upon  which  it  is  evidently  encroaching;  as 
between  the  sand  and  the  Ix>g  societies  tliere  is  usually  a  long 
narrow  strip  of  clear  water  where  the  blowing  sand  has 
smothered  the  aquatic  plants  without  filling  the  space  up  to 
the  water  level.  In  fact  there  i^  every  evidence  that  this  shore 
is  being  eroded,  and  the  time  is  not  very  far  in  the  future 
wlien  Point  Pelec  will  be  washed  bodily  away  unless  present 
cc-nditions  change  or  man  devises  some  way  in  which  to  stay 
the  natural  course  of  events.  The  older  residents  say  that 
some  forty  years  ago  this  shore  was  nearly  three-quarters  of  a 
mile  wide  and  clothed  with  heavv  hardwood  timber.     Even 


42 


TiiK  Wir.soN  RuixETiN — No.  59. 


sinco  our  first  visit  i'^  May,  l!)0"i,  we  can  sec  tbat  the  Point 
has  lost  ^..nsivlcrable  land  along  the  shore,  nor  have  we  ob- 
served that  there  have  been  any  compensating  accinnulations 
nvde  at  otiier  jxiints  on  this  sitle.  The  fishermen  tell  us  that 
the  bottom,  off  shore,  is  com{)osed  of  mud.  and  filled  with 
r(K)ts  and  i)rt)strate  tree  trunks.  On  the  beach  t/ery  here  and 
there  arc  often  found  large  regular  masses  of  peat  that  seem 
to  have  Ik'cu  torn  up  from  the  lx)tto:n  and  washed  ashore  in 
the  same  manner  that  I'rof.  K.  I  .  Moscly  describes  having 
taken  place  immediately  across  the  lake  on  the  Ohio  shore  at 
tedar  Point.* 

The  western  side  shows  an  entirely  different  aspect.  Near 
the  base,  Ix^tweon  the  marsli  and  the  lake,  it  is  narrow,  barely 
allowing  r(K)m  for  miming  a  road  alrmg  its  length,  but  as  it 
l)roceeds  ouiward  towards  the  <  iid  of  the  Point  it  gradu- 
all\  widens  until.  l)eyon(i  the  maish,  the  two  sides  of  the 
■'\  "  join  and  give  a  widtii  of  atxmt  h;ilf  a  mile.  I-'rom 
the  base,  on  the  west  siile  to  this  point,  and  all  !k"- 
yoiid  is  lie.iviiy  w(>o<led  with  dvcidnoii-.  and  evergreen  trees. 
I'daek  W'almU,  .fxi^Unis  'li'^ra.  is  ont-  of  the  most  cons])icuous 
-]>eeies  of  tlu'  tornier  .and  Red  (  ed.nr,  J iiiiif<t-rus  'i-iri^iiiiaiHi, 
of  til-  latter.  In  fact,  these  two  with  JuniiHT  Junipcrus 
ci>iiiiiniiii<.  are  tlu'  spt-eies  tliat  give  the  most  striking  charac- 
WY  to  tlK-  lloral  asiKVts  of  Pi  im  Pelee.  Here  and  there  a  tall 
White  i'ini'.  I'iniis  sirohiix,  towers  \ii)  among  the  o'tur  growth 
or,  .t-.  in  oie  or  two  cases,  unite  to  form  phiey  groves.  'I'he 
extrnne  eml  of  tlte  Point  is  eovere<l  with  a  iieavy  growth  of 
l\eii  (  ed.ir  in  elnmps  filK'!  in  '.letw  .'ii  with  great  beds  of 
|uni|i(i',  Ibis  growth  iiii\ed  with  l^nowlHTrx,  .S  \';/i/>/i(iri- 
tiirptis  lih  iinnsiis.  eontimus  down  tlic  Point  in  a  sharply  de- 
tined  belt  iKtweiiv  the  be.'ieb  in  front  .and  the  deciduous  w<vk1s 
U'liind.  A  few  l\ed  (  I'dars,  .iowev<r,  occur  -c.Mtertd  ihroiigh 
the  W'Mids  all  .iloiig  the  >bore,  and  m  the  more  barren  places  iii- 
l;ind.  where  also  tiie  Western  Prickiv  IV'ar,  l)f<iittliii  ratitu'S- 
ijinl.  tlourislu--.  Tbis  western  shore,  moreover.  d(X-s  not  seem 
to  !>,•  sutferiiig  from  erosion  ,is  i<  the  cistern.  In  fact  it  seems 

"i'lni  ••IMlillk's    "I     'III'    Ullill    Sllltf    Al'illll'MIJ     III     Sl'U'lllI'!*.     I!H»I,    |l.    2\2. 


'IPiiiY.St-iL: 


T.WKKNIiU    AND    SWAI.K.S,   ON     IJlKl'S    OK    PoINT    PkI-KE.       43 


■»  t 


I 


i 


•  I  • 


to  be  growing:  and  extendiiiig  into  the  lake.  The  beacli  is  very 
wide  and  of  a  gentle,  evcii  sloix^  and  the  wxxls  behind  seem 
to  Ix-  ex-tending  their  ground  over  its  surface  as  it  encroaches 
on  the  lake.  It  is  .vorthy  of  notice,  in  this  connection,  that 
large-  inass.s  of  driftwood  and  other  debris  is  cast  up  on  this 
shore,  while  the  eastern  is  perfectly  clear  except  for  the  masses 
of  peat  S]x>kcn  of  liefore.  .\  road  runs  out  the  Point  j  t 
uithin  the  shelter  of  the  trees  on  this  side.  P>?tween  the  road 
and  the  lake  it  is  still  Crown  Land,  and  so.  but  for  the  effects 
of  stray  c.ittle  and  hogs,  is  nearly  in  its  primeval  state.  ]]v- 
yond  th?  road,  however,  arc  farm  lands  wherever  there  is 
r(K>iii  lx-tw;'en  it  and  the  marsh  for  cultivation.  Ileyond  tlte 
marsh  and  extending  towards  the  point  is  woodland  composed 
chiefly  ,if  Chestnut  <  )ak.  Qiicrciis  l^rirniis:  Red  Ok,  Oiicrciis 
rubra:  P.iack  Walnut  and  Putton  Wfvxl.  Platanus  occidcntalis. 
In  tlie  center  of  this  woodland  are  extensive  fields,  both  culti- 
vated and  waste,  some  more  or  less  grown  up  with  thickets 
of  Macklx-rry,  Cclfis  occiiiciitdlis:  White-heart  Hickory, 
inrya  loinciitosa :  young  i51ac!<  Walnut,  Red  Oaks  and 
Chestnut  Oaks;  Climbing  P>ittersweet,  i'dastrus  scandi'iis: 
Wild  (irajH'.  I 'ills  riptu-io:  Carri<in  Flower.  Sniilax  Iwrhacca, 
and  Prickly  ( ircen-briar.  Sniiln.v  hisfida. 

It  will  be  siHMi  fri>m  the  foregoing  that  the  Point  offers  in- 
dticiinents  for  all  class.-s  of  birds.  There  are  the  hardwrxxl 
forests,  cedar  thickets,  brushy  tangles,  high  ami  low  waste 
1,'inds,  open  fields  and  marshes  of  all  degrees  of  wetness 
t'<  r  a  vari.il  avifauna:  nor  have  the  conditions  pronused  more 
than  later  results  have  ftdtilled  as  the  accom))anying  list  shows. 
lUii,  be''ore  pnKTeding.  it  seems  desirable  to  call  attention  to 
phenomena  of  |x'C(diar  interest  in  regard  to  the  avifaunal  and 
other  aspects  of  the  IViiil  biota. 

The  b'aehes  im  either  sjd,-  are  jx-rfect.  wide  and  clear  and  <if 
llu-niscives  s'lniUf;  to  iffer  etpi  li  induceim'iits  to  waders;  in 
I'aet,  what  choice  there  is  woidil  seem  to  Ix-  in  favor  of  the 
western  one  where  matcriids  of  food  value  must  Ix"  constantlv 
washed  uj).  The  conlr.iry,  however,  is  the  case.  We  have 
s-.iii  i:,>  \s,ui<i>  inii  >|iMieii  San.iinpeis  on  ihis  i»eacii.  tiiougii 
Saunders  sfati-s  that  on  his  earlier  trijis  he  saw   Plaek  bellied 


n 


Tiir.  WiisiiN  I'.ii.i.r.TiN — Xi 


riover  tliere.  The  neifjliborinp  niarslios  on  the  east  side  may 
Ik-  tlie  deterniiniii<?  factor  or  the  pri'sencj  v.l  the  ponds  that, 
on  tlie  east  side,  wasli  tlie  inner  line  of  the  siiore  (hni.'  in  some 
lilace*;,  and  are  not  s<.-parated  from  the  Ix'ach  hy  a  iK-lt  of  timber 
as  on  tlie  west,  '{"here  are  many  indications,  however,  that 
the  ])reference  is  larcjely  governed  hy  tlu-  mi.tjrational  routes 
taken  hy  tliese  migrants  in  ap])roachirg  and  leaving  the  Point. 
Inst  such  a  condition  of  affairs  would  1k'  exhibited  if  the 
waders  on  the  fall  migration  approached  the  ToiiH  from  the 
east  side  and  so  along  that  shore  and  leaving  at  the  extremity  : 
reversing  th.'  route  in  s])ring.  Such  seems  to  be  the  course  <  f 
the  .Shari)-shinned  li:'wk  llight  and  wiiat  data  wj  hav.-  i<\  the 
distribution  of  waders  on  the  north  simre  of  Lake  l>ie  seems 
to  substantiate  the  theory,  (iulls  and  Tern  show  a  Kss  pro- 
nounced ])refererce  for  thi.'  same  shore  but  percliing  birds,  as 
would  be  ex|ie-cted.  are  almost  absent  from  it  except  at  such 
limes  as  described  by  the  residents  during  the  latter  part  of 
.\lav.  1!Mi;.  uliiii.  after  prolonged  interruption  of  migration-. 
bv  unsea>^iinal)le  weatluT,  the  si):irscly  s])riuklcd  t  ultonwo ods 
scattiT-d  all  ng  the  eastern  sliore  were  alive  with  tanagers  and 
.warblers.  .\t  other  times  we  have  fiiuiid  but  Mich  typical 
vpicies  as  .^a^anua  .^parmw .  I'rairi.'  lio'-ned  l.ark>.  Taliii 
Warblers  and  a  few  W  bite-crowned  S])arrows.  and  late  in  the 
sraMiii.  .snowllakes  and  I'iinis.  Traetically  the  same  cm 
dilimis  ,ire-.aik'd  i|pr;ng  all  •mr  \i<its. 

Ilk-  mn>t  inter. still-  l\-iture  of  the  I'oiut  ornitholi.gically. 
iii>ue\er,  i^  tlu-  intni'^ii'ii  nf  larojinian  fi)rm>  of  lite.  Ibis  is 
backed  up  and  supjiuried  by  the  Ixitanv  a>  imi-d  In  .Mr.  .\. 
I'..  Klugb,  wh"  >a\s  : 

■■The  tliir.d  a>p'Ct  <  i  l\T,'i'  i-  decidedly  (.  arolinian  a-,  is 
^hovMi  In  th  oieiuT,  nee  <il'  the  fullowiug  plants:  .^aiid  (  irass, 
Trii'diii  p'lipuiCii.  SumnuT  ( .rap;',  i  .:is  ii<\slrriilis.  Wiry 
ranic  gra-s.  I',:  in  inn  phihuli-lpituiiin.  .^\\ainp  Ruse-mallow. 
Illl<!<ilis  i;/.iv,''(-'.'c'v.  |-"tiirid\  M  ilkwC-.-d,  .  )i\-itili\\-  hnii^ifiylht. 
i'.ntl'in  \\i>.  il,  rhil.iniis  nn-idriitiihs.  I'.lack  Walnut,  Jiii^liins 
iii-iii.  White  Inart  llickcr\.  (  ■»/ v./  loiih-iit,>Mi.  Sis^itr.is, 
S.iSSili'iK    .niiiiiillf;     ;md    (lu'sttuit    (  >ak.    (Jllt'lillS    fi'lllltS." 

Ijow    far  tlu's;'  tuuditioiis,  p.culiar  fir  lanada.  prevail  in- 


TWKUNCR    WD    SWAI.KS,   OX    lilROS   OF    PoiNT    Pl'A.KK.       J ') 


i 


land  \vi'  are  unable  to  tell.  We  liave  found  slight  Carolinian 
indications  in  tlio  bird  lif.  along  the  lake  slu.re  as  far  as  Ani- 
herstlnirg  to  the  west.  Alxnit  Leamington,  a  few  niile.s  inland, 
they  are  able  to  raise  crops  <  f  sugar  cane,  while  tobacco 
llourishes  throughout  the  region.  The  Point  itsjlf,  however, 
is  siK'cially  favor.'d  by  tli.'  seasons  for.  though  the  sjiriiig  is 
some  two  weeks  later  than  even  in  th,-  country  about  Leaming- 
ton, it  more  than  makes  up  for  that  by  being  absolutely  free 
from  late  spring  frosts,  and  having  almost  a  month  more  fr.-e 
froiu  frost  in  the  fall.  The  results  of  this  are  well  seen  this 
spring,  1!M!T.  when  the  peach  crop  on  the  mainland  promised 
to  b;'  alnost  a  totrd  failure,  many  eiitiri-  orchards  In-ing  actually 
i:ilU'(l.  while  <>n  the  I'nint  itsjlf  the  tre.^s  promise  the  greatest 
cro])  tl;e\  have  ever  known.  .\  few  such  fKrcurrences  as  this 
luu-t  liavi-  a  m.ist  decided  inthunce  up:n  the  biota  and  ex- 
plain why  so  nian\  •i]>ecies  are  fourd  in  but  this  (  ne  locality  in 
the  Dominion. 

(  )n  looking  ;it  the  ma])  of  Lake  h.rie.  Point  i'elee,  stret'diing 
I  ut  into  the  Ink;-,  tl.e  great  arm  of  (  )tlawa  ("o.  reaching  an 
e(iuai  disfmce  from  tile  opposite  (  )hio  slK)re.  and  the  islands 
l\ing  like  ste])])ing-stones  between  seem  to  constitute  a 
n:itura!  inigrational  highway  across  th.-  lake.  Special  at- 
tentiun  h.i>  been  given  to  this  aii])earanee  and  the  re>ults  s;'ein 
to  justify  our  surmises.  Dr.  l.\nds  Jones  was  stationed  on 
the  islands  during  the  first  itf  S.pt.,  I!t0.-).  and  descrilK's  tb.e 
tni^M'Mlinnal   condilidns  h,-  obsvrv.d   in  these  worils  : 

"I  fouiiil  tlu'  birds  migrating  jiraeticalK  everywhere  along 
t!ie  line  if  the  islands,  but  the  largest  ami  Ih'st  defined  stream 
was  .icriiss  |\'l,c  Lhnd.  with  ;i  will  marked  convergence  to  its 
s  lulluni  jxiun.  tin  lice  across  to  Middle,  and  iH-yond  to  Kellv's 
Island,  thi'iiee  across  to  .Marblelie.id,  Migrating  bircls  were 
most  ninrerods  on  ,\liddle  Island,  but  th,  y  were  in  gre.at  inim- 
IvT-.  on  I'clrc  (  Is'a-id).  No  birds  were  s.fii  crossing  the  Like 
e\e','|.t   in  ,i   lin-  w  illi  lb  ■   is|.;iii.ls." 

Ihis  l;i-.t  siauiii.m  i^  important  I'or  it  shows  that,  though 
Like    Itu'    is   not    \vr\    widf   at    :  ii\    i>)int.   the   gener.ilitv   of 

isliind    to    l.iuin-l'iiig   dirdth    otii    .and    m.ikiug     th;'     crossing 


ThF,   W'iI.SON'    I'tl.l.KTIN  —  \(>.   .■»!». 


at  one  flicrlit.  Wo  say  tlie  "jrenerality"  wiili  reason,  for 
some  ^1  ues  we  have  seen  crossinjj  directly  over,  unde- 
tlooted  1)\-  the  invitinfj  appcaraiico  of  Pdce  Island  that  lies  in 
fnll  view  from  the  end  of  the  Point  and  alnint  eij^fht  miles  and 
a  lialf  away.  Tlu'  birds  we  have  sei'n  so  crossinjj  were  Duck 
Hawk.  Sharp-sliinned  Kawk.  Sparrow  Hawk.  Red-winpfcd 
I'lackhini.  iironzed  (irackle.  Pdne  Jay.  Rohin.  and  lUne- 
hird.  We  noted  all  of  these  sju'cits  crossinsf  the  afterncwn  of 
(  ktolxT  14.  l!»<t(i.  On  that  date  this  was  of  more  than  common 
inttTL'st  as  it  showed  tni^jration  at  a  time  when  such  move- 
ments are  difficult  to  detect.  Ordinarily  w'  "'  ndividuals  com- 
ing and  goinsj  daily  there  is  no  appreciablt  ■  <  .-ase  or  diminu- 
tion of  numlx?rs  of  a  species.  L'nder  such  conditions  it  is 
almr)st  imjiossihle  to  tell  positively  wlT<*thiT  the  bird  ixipula- 
tion  is  migrating  or  stationary.  P.ut  liere  it  is  possible  to 
actually  see  such  .=;x'cies  start  out  and  feel  certain  that  it  is  a 
migration  flight  and  not  but  a  passage  to  another  wooils  or 
swale,  and  accidentally  in  a  soutbiTly  direction.  I'^nwi  tht- 
first  of  .'^■.•pteniber  on.  every  mnrning"s  sunrisi'  si-es  great 
flocks  of  I'lackbirds  and  l'.ol>olinks  that  have  presumably 
passed  the  night  in  tJH'  marsh  making  their  way  down  the 
Point  for  tlie  crossing.  Through  the  <lay  it  is  but  an  (R-casional 
small  binich  that  pas'-  over,  bin  from  sunrise  to  about  eight 
o'clcKk  they  go  in  an  almost  steady  stream.  Sharp-shinned 
Flawks.  ou  the  contrary,  seeiu  to  wait  until  they  have  digested 
their  morning  meal  bifore  starting  cut  and  then  seem  to  cross 
throughout  the  day  in  steady  miml>ers. 

There  is  imc  speci.'s.  however,  that   does  seem  to  take  ad- 
v.nitage  of  cvit)   resting  place  along  the  "■  'id  tliat  is  the 

Kub\-throatid     Hmnminghird.        This    din.  .e    little    bird 

-bowed  a  Strang"  mixttire  of  bravery  and  caution.  <  )tlier 
bir<ls  hesilaie  more  or  K'ss  In-fore  tinally  le.tvi'ig  the  Point  and 
then  tly  at  an  eliv.ition  of  about  two  lumdnd  feet  or  more. 
As  tlu\  >tan  out  from  the  slu'lter  of  the  last  trees  the  li'ast 
thing  will  turn  them  back,  a  man  -houting,  a  gun  sh<it  or  tlw 
^ight  of  a  hawk  in  the  far  distance.  In  this  mann.r  thev  may 
make  >e\trai  false  •-tans  iK-inre  the  final  one.  Ihe  Humnung- 
liird.  however,  conns  sailing  d'^wn  the  Point  over  the  tops  of 


Taverner  and  Swales,  ox  Hiros  or  Point  Pelee.     47 


* 


the  last  shrubbery  and  then  dropping  down  to  witliin  a  few- 
feet  of  the  sanfl  follows  its  curves  and  windings  out  to  its 
most  extreme  tip  when,  s(|uaring  away  at  an  angle  to  its 
fli,u;ht  of  a  moment  ago,  it  makes  straight  for  Pelee  Island. 
W'e  saw  this  manv  times,  nor  did  they  once  hesitate  or  ]>ause 
from  the  timt-  when  they  first  hove  in  sight  over  the  bush  tojis 
until  they  faded  away  in  the  field  of  our  glasses  over  the 
waters  of  the  lake.  Contrary  to  other  spccit-s  tinted,  thev 
lliw  low,  and  according  to  Dr.  Jones,  who  saw  them  from  a 
lx>at  out  in  the  lake,  they  kept,  as  much  as  i>ossiblc,  low  in  the 
trough  (ff  the  seas  to  escape  the  wind  {)ressure  of  higher 
levels. 

In  niost  localities  in  this  region  fall  birds,  even  in  tlie  !"ight 
of  the  iiiigratiims.  are  generally  rather  hard  to  find.  They 
cruis-  along  in  bundle-;  often  of  many  individuals  and  S])ecies. 
W  lien  •'Uch  coni|);uiies  are  found  birds  are  to  l)e  seen  all  about, 
but  soon  the  ho-;t  has  passed  on  and  the  woods  are  coni])ara- 
tively  deserted  until  another  such  company  is  found.  During 
th.'  height  of  the  fall  migrations,  the  last  of  .\ugust  and  the 
first  of  ."^epten;'  r  at  Point  PeleJ.  however,  the  conditir,-is  are 
much  dilTer.nt.  The  birds  are  in  a  tlock  but  one  might  -ay  that 
it  (K-cupies  the  whole  Point.  Soniclimes.  wherever  one  turns 
many  individuals  are  in  -ight  and  one  is  bewiblereil  by  their 
numliers.  Then  .some  night  we  hear  the  '"cheeps"  of  migrants 
high  in  the  air  and  th.'  next  morning  the  multitude  will  1r'  gone 
and.  with  the  exception  of  some  f.  w  species,  birds  will  be  hard 
ti>  find.  Tlun  again,  they  will  gra('nally  increase  till  they  reach 
their  niaxinumi  number-  and  agam  vanish.  In  fact,  the  whole 
history  of  the  fail  migrations  at  the  Point  seems  to  be  a  series 
of  gradu.d  .lugmentatious  and  sud<len  diminutions  of  bird  life, 
as  thou!.rh  the  mignmts  continue  to  arrive  until  certain  con- 
ditions have  b,  en  fulfilled  or  a  degree  of  satunition  of  biril  life 
had  arrived  and  tiun  all  leave  in  a  bo<ly.  Alxiut  t  iie-third  of  the 
way  from  the  I'oint  to  Pelee  Island,  Inn  some  miles  to  the  east 
of  the  direct  line,  there  us.d  to  be  a  ligiudtouse  that  is  i;o\v  de- 
serterl.  It  w.is  kei)t  by  a  m;m  by  the  name  of  ( irubb.  who  told 
us  tii.ii  ,ii  iiiiKs  gie.il  nu  iiIkts  of  birds  used  to  become 
dazzled  b\  the  glare  of  thi'  light,  and  striking  the  gl.iss  of  the 


48 


TnK  WiLso.v  Bui.r.ETix— Xo.  59. 


lantern  fell  struggling  to  the  stage  below.  Many  of  tiiese  were 
killed  outright,  but  he  says  that  sometimes  he  would  gather  up 
the  stunned  ones  and  carry  them  inside  and  has  had  more  than 
a  hundred  flying  about  his  small  quarters  at  a  time. 

As  far  as  we  can  sec,  the  n'ght  departures  of  birds  in  the 
fall  are  made  almost  independent  of  the  weather.  Several 
tiPKa  we  congratulated  ourselves  that  the  night  was  too  bad 
for  birds  to  leave  the  Point  and  cross  the  troubled  waters  of 
the  lake  and  t'lat  the  next  day  we  would  have  a  chance  to  see 
som,e  rare  species  again  only,  when  morning  dawned,  to  find 
that  we  were  to  be  disapix>inted  and  where  birds  were 
abundant  the  day  before  they  wi-re  scarce  then.  This  latter 
fact  is  easily  exiilainable  on  considering  the  short  flights  from 
island  to  island  and  the  numk-r  of  havens  of  rest  oflfered  should 
the  weather  prove  too  unpropitious. 

L'sually.  comi)anies  of  migrating  birds  seem  tc  he  moving  in 
given  ;.nd  definite  directions  and-  one  accpiainted  with  the 
ground  caJi  often  locate  a  group  again  after  it  has  once  passed. 
(  )n  I'oint  IVlee.  however,  they  seem  to  move  erratically  about, 
son;etin:es  traveling  uj)  and  sometimes  down  the  Point.  They 
seem  to  have  reached  the  end  of  their  land  journev  and  have 
nothing  to  do  but  kill  time  until  they  are  ready  to  take  up 
their  next  stage  across  the  water. 

These  facts  stand  out  plainly  in  our  work  on  Point  Pclee : 
the  evident  "wave"  form  of  the  migrations,  the  greaf  con- 
gestion of  bird  life  during  migrations,  their  erratic  wander- 
ing while  on  the  i'oint  in  the  fall  and  their  departure,  as 
far  as  we  could  see,  regardless  of  weai''er. 

•Ml  these  facts  ]X)int  to  tin.  conclusion  vliat  here  is  the  con- 
traction and  consequent  condensation  of  a  great  migration 
route  and  the  congestion  of  bird  life  in  spring  and  a  few  days 
in  the  fall  suggests  the  great  area  of  territory\o  the  north  that 
nuist  be  sni)plie(l  in  the  spring  and  drained'  in  the  fall  of  its 
birds  by  this  strram,  The  <K:currence  of  so  manv  rarities 
within  a  small  l.yeality  is  also  interesting  and  suggestive, 
showing  how  such  wandering  waifs  "follow  the  crowd"  and' 
pr()irress  alone  routes  nnknow-ii   t,>  fli,.;r  i,-,^..^i^^^  „.,,i   „i.,.,_ 

^     -  -     - 1...  .  -^..1.  ,    ri::- 1    iir  -::-g 

these  highways  sometimes  establish  permanent  homes  in  new 


T.WKRNKR    AXn    SwALES,    ON'    RlRi)S   OF    PoiNT    PkI.KE.       49 


"i 


tt'rritory,  as  in  the  cas2s  of  such  intrusive  forms  as  Cardinal, 
Yellow-breasted  Chat  and  Carolina  Wren  that  have  formed 
IKTmanent  settlement  here.  In  studying  out  the  problems 
presented  it  is  well  to  bear  in  mind  the  fact  that  Prof.  E.  L. 
^^osely  seems  to  have  conclusively  prooved  that  within  almost 
historical  times  there  was  land  connection  broken  but  by 
marshes  and  streams  of  comparatively  narrow  width  between 
the  ( )liio  and  Canadian  shores. 

Taken  all  tojc^ether,  the  bird  life  of  Point  Pelee.  the  islands 
adjoining  and  the  o])posite  American  shore  forms  a  subject  of 
absorbing  interest  and  ground  where  migrational  plRMiomena 
of  the  ( Ireat  I^kes  can  iH>rhaps  Ik-  studied  to  iK'tter  advantage 
than  anywhere  else  in  this  section.  There  are  many  such 
])ri)blems  that  seem  to  have  a  glimmer  of  light  thrown  on  them 
from  work  done  here  and  should  results  warrant  they  will 
form  the  grounds  of  subsequent  papers.  As  a  basis  for  such 
future  work  and  as  a  matter  of  present  record  the  following 
list  is  put  forth  by  the  authors : 


.V  MST  OF  TIIK  niKDS  OF  POINT  I'KLKK. 

1.     Coliimliiis  aiiriliiK, — Homed  (irelie. 

Witlioiit   (limlit   a    ro^rnlar  spring;   and   fall   iiiiiirant   as   at    Detroit. 
Arich.     Two  seen  on  the  Lake  Pond.  Oitolier  1."i.  VMM;,  and  listed  by 
Harry  Could   (Ottawa   Naturalist.  Vol.  XV.  1001.  p.   lUi.   September 
1!).  imio. 
L'.     *  I'oililiiiiihiiK  pniUrriiH. — Pied-billed  Crebe. 

.V  lonunon  niijcrant  and  undoubtedly  i-  regular  breder  in  consider- 
able numbers.  We  have  not  observed  It  as  yet  in  the  sprini;  during 
oiu-  May  visits,  but  at  these  times  little  nnirsh  work  was  dnie 
and  they  i-ould  easily  have  bi-eii  overlooked.  Tlie  species  increases 
in  abundance  from  early  September  and  are  conunon  by  the  middle 
of  the  month  on  the  iM>uds,  though  we  have  yet  to  see  it  on  the  I-ake. 
They  were  very  eonunoii  durltif:  October.  IIKMS  and  appear  to  remain 
tnitil  driven  out  by  the  formation  of  the  ice.  In  l'.HC> .there  were  still 
numbers  to  be  seen  October  2'.>. 
."!.     •  (Idiia  iiiihrr. — Leon. 

.Mr.  Saiuiders  foinid  a  nest  durinu  the  first  week  in  .June,  1S84.  near 
the   west  side  of  oise  .sf  thn  i>o!,d«;  n-id  VfMjHirk-.   ••Tliey   «civ   tlsrii 

•  Speiies  so  marked  liave  either  been  taken  by  the  writers  or  spec! 
mens  have  been  exandned  by  (hem  i>ersomilly. 


S^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^S?! 


irz^s«vss:r^^s^'sisz*r 


.50 


Thk  Wtr.sox  Bl'i.i.etin— Xo.  59. 


known  to  l.recd  tl.ere  muuially."  Tl.is  s,K.(.ie,s  seoms  to  l.nve  suffered 
the  s;.nie  fate  here  as  it  lias  In  the  n«I.ioininj;  loailitles.  and  from  a 
.■onuiion  breeder  has  been  rethu'ed  to  the  pnsition  of  a  re-ular  n.i- 
K-raut.  heco.nii.K  rarer  l.etore  the  en.-roa.-hnjents  of  civilization  We 
have  observed  single  binls  at  I'elee  at  various  times  and  tlie  tisher- 
'■•<■'  "'forn,  us  that  at  limes  they  take  .-onsiderable  numbers  in  tiu- 
nets.  The  only  ,,lai-es  wliere  tlie  l„on  seems  to  l)reed  in  the  adjoin- 
lUK  ••ountry  is  on  ti.e  little  isolated  lakes  of  the  interior,  su.h  as  those 
ol  Oakland  <ounty.  Mh-hisau.  wlu-re  but  a  pair  or  so  still  manaire 
to  perform  the  duties  of  iiidlll.-atlon. 

4.     *  l.'inix  aivnitatiiM.—lierviui:  (Juli. 

We  have  f.mnd  the  IIerri.,«  (Juil  a '.-ommon  species  during  all  our 

M.Mi;.-0..).  At  tunes  „f  bl;.'h  wind  they  frequent  the  surf  at  tlie  end 
ot  the  I  ou.t.  At  other  tin.es  they  .'an  generally  be  found  on  the  stakes 
of  he  pnund  nets  that  stret,-h  f„r  soM.e  distan,.e  out  into  tl>e  lake 
on  both  sMies  of  the  Point.  September  i:!,  lOlC.  we  were  presented 
kv  some  lishenne,.  with  a  very  wet  and  l,edra.i;.'led  Sharp-shinned 
Hawk    ,Arr„>ilrr    rriu.vs    that   they   had   pi.ke.l    up  out    of   the   hike 

where   .t   had   been   bt.llet, y   ti,,.   Iferrin^-  (Jnlls.   and   would  ,er- 

lainiy   have   been   drowned   if   i,   i,ad   not    1 n    res.ued    (or  another 

fate.  It  seen>s  almost  incredible  that  a  bird  as  iar^-c  as  ii,|s  ..,.11 
should  have  any  cause  to  fear  tl.is  small  .\r,i„i,rr.  but  t!,e,-e  m.ist  be 
s.ime  basis  ni  past  experience  to  form  sn.-h  an  antlpathv  as  this  .-ase 

sliows.     Kron.  our  evperi. ,.  at   flie  wstcrn  end  of  l.aUc   Kric  and 

tlu-  l>et,-oit  Uiver  we  ,v,.anl  .he  sp.nes  as  .omn.on  .liro..u'hout  the 
winter  as  lonj;  as  there  is  ope.i  walei-. 

r..     I.anis  /^A/7n<^ ////)/(/.  -l!„n;ipai-te's  (Juli. 

Without  .loubt  a   .■on ,   :,nd   .-e-ular   miK.-ant.     W,-   have   no.ed 

<<  "n  all  sprin;:  visits  as  lale  as  .rune  I.  1-H.7.     We  hav t  seen  i.  h, 

'*''" ■•   '""    '""""I   it   present   (>cb.!,er   H.    I-.imi,  and   o.tober  •"» 

liMi,-,.     A  few  imniatu.-es  may  remain  duriiiK  (he  sumniei-. 

»!.     Stiriin  c/.v/,/,,.    -Caspian  Tcni. 

Noted  by  Sann.lers  on  the  east  shore  late  in  Amrust    ISH-  We  s-nv 

four  llyin,'  up  and  down  the  same  sho.-e  Afay    i:!.   l-,,,.-,,   „, „;,„. 

"" "'"I   ■"'•'in:   and   September   s.    1!m;.-,    Air    Sw-.ies  s.,w   two 

V  V  I  V  "vir  ■""'.  :-"  '"■  "■"  '"""' •  '""  "'"  '"■  •"•■  r-^i"'-  '    '  Auk. 

.\.\  I  \ ,   l!t(»i,  ji.    i;;7_  I 

7.     *  sliiiin  hiniiiihi.     ComMi.ni    ivrii. 

An  abundant  mi.-rau.  and  observe.i  .,,„nnonly  on  ..earlv  all  visi,. 
r.  ..'1      ;:  '".^':"""" ■  -"•    ''•"•■-■   l"""«l'   none   have   been  seen    ii, 

,.'■'7,'        "'.''"^  '■'  ""'''^  niii,.l».|-s  „ii  the  lien  and  n.i.-ken   Islamls 
direitly  .-oiilh  in  Lake  Krie.  •  i.imis 


T.WKR.NKR  AM)  SwAi.Es,  OX  IJiRDs  OF  Point  I'klke.     r,l 


■ 


8.     *H!i'lniciirH(lon   niiira   i^iiriiiamriiMix.—mmk  Tern. 

A  coinm.in  suiniiier  rosideiit  and  l.m'.lcr.  Sets  of  <>•;««  were  taken 
l.y  Saunders  in  1884  and  tl.ey  uere  evi.lently  nesting  or  preiKirinf;  to 
.lo  so  May  .-.1.  1!M.7.  September  K'.  V.HC.  is  our  latest  fall  date  when 
xv<.  witnessed  an  interestini,'  migration  of  the  species.  Karly  in  the 
inoniinR  a  large  number  were  observed  pi  ssing  .southward  a'long  the 
east  beach.  .Many  pause<l  on  their  way.  alighting  on  the  not  stalu-s 
alM.ut  half  a  mile  out  in  the  lake  until  every  stake  was  .-overed. 
-Nearly  all  were  iinmatures.  Hy  noon  all  had  passed. 
!».     *  l'li<il<trn.<oni.r  '/i7w/"c.-^l»onbIe-<resle<l   Corniorant. 

•March  Id.  1!K)7.  we  dis.overed  the  remains  of  a  specim.'i.  of  this 
s|.eci..s  on  tlie  eastern  sh(,re  that  we  were  inlormed  had  been  killed 
(he  previous  fall.     The  hejid  was  priverv.Ml  for  r< -.1. 

10.  Mrnmiiscr  n»if7((yiHM.>i.— American  .Merganser, 
rndoubtpdly   both    .Mergansers  occur  regularly  on   the   waters  ad 

.NKcnt  lo  the  I'oint,  tliongh  we  have  not  noted  them  per.-onally. 
Tiiis  is  Ihe  species  the  gunners  se.-m  the  better  acinainted  with  an"d 
tlH.y  reiK.rt  it  as  connnon  during  migrations  and  tlirough  miid  win- 
ters. 

11.  * /.«i,l,o,l lilts  cHr»//«<(,.v,-noiide<l   .Merganser. 

"'' '"'''  '■>•  ""'  -"""<"i's  as  a  ...mmon  migrant.     A  tine  male  sent 

us  t.ikeii  .\ov(>mlier  i:!.  I'Mu;. 

11'.     *   \iia.s  /('((7(«.y,— .Mallai-d. 

Without  doubt  a  common  migrant  an<l  a  c ,on  tbongl.  limite.l 

'-•••eder.  as  reporte.l  by  the  gu.u>ers.  Itir.ls  seen  tmd  taken  Septe.u- 
«'r  I.  l!Mi.;.  were  likely  raised  on  the  marsh,  i.ocallv  all  females  are 
known  as  (Jrey  Du.ks  by  the  gmu.ers.  xM.o  regard  them  .Is  of  a  dlf- 
l.'i-ent  species.  This  ,-,mfusi..n  is  likely  caused  by  (he  taking  of 
males  in  Ihe  ••e.Mpse"  plunmge  when  f..r  a  slmrl  time  during  the  sum- 
mer moult  it  as,sumes  tlie  general  plumage  of  ti,,  female. 
I."..     *   l'»is  '(^.'<(•.7;•«.— Hiack  Duck. 

I.  "'»■■<■„,■„  is  a  more  abundant  .species  than  h>,rl,„s  and  is  reported 
by  tlie  gn.mers  as  a  common  breeder.  .Kaun.lers  saw  a  pair  u,.ddlin- 
••"">ut  the  marshes  .I,„,e  :!.  iHHt.  and  .May  :!(..  limi.  he  and  Taverner 
noted  dticks  in  singles  and  Hocks  over  the  marshes  to  the  nu.nber  of 

(".■nty  or  „,ure  that  we  took  to  be  of  this  species.     i„  m,  „,„! Hi,v 

'■■'"'  '""-''•'"''<  « e  louml  to  be  the  form  n,hn„rs,  though  so  far 

we  have   been   tinable   to  examine  s,)o,imens   from   there   later  than 

October    I.".    (1  !»(>(; K 

14.     Chniih  hiitiiii.s  .lire  per  lis,  -(iadwall. 

<;Mrdner  seems  ,o  know  this  duck,  tbcugh  he  says  it  is  not  co„„„on 
I  hough  It   likely  occurs  rarely,  until  specimens  are  secured  its  .fit.is 

!!!!!S<     !-c;!i;!i:i    jiyin;!  hrf  icni. 

I."..      •  \<7^r/,)    c'//',////,/,.v/.,.   -(;,.,,,.„.„.|,|i;,,,l   -I-,,,,! 

'''"'"'"'"■'">    "'"■■ '"'"•'■'-  "re  of  regui:.r  o'ccurrence  dtiring  mi- 


'yi 


The  Wilson  Bulletin — No.  59. 


Krations.     We  secured  a  piiir  taken  Octolwr  25,   IDOC.     Tills  species 
lias  (liniiiilslied  in  numbers  of  late  years  tlirougliout  this  section. 
1<>.    Qiicrtiiifdulu  <lixcf>is. — Blue-wlnKe«l  Teal. 

A  comnion  iiiiKrant.  coming  early  in  fall  and  remaining  late  In 
spriii)?.  A  few  may  remain  to  breed  as  the  residents  reiwrt.  Noted 
a  (-onple  In  the  dyke  ditcli  May  21.  HKJC.,  and  May  ;{1,  1!>07.  Gardner 
reiKirted  that  a  few  were  seen  a  day  or  so  before  on  the  marsh,  t'oni- 
inoii  from  Septemlipi  1  to  October  1."..  I'M  Mi.  when  we  left.  This  spe- 
cies does  not  seem  to  be  diminishing'  at  this  end  of  Lake  Krle  as  re- 
IHirted  liy  Fleming  for  Lake  Ontario.  (.\uk  XXIM.  IJKMJ,  p.  444.) 
17.     Miirectt  amcrwaiiu, — Kaldpate. 

UeiHirted  a  fairly  c-ommon  bird  during  inlKrations. 
IS.     *  Itaflla  (icH/n.— Pintail. 

A  regular  and  fairly  common  migrant.     Have  swn  It  between  the 
dates  of  September  i:{.  I'HMi,  and  Xoveinber  7.  IIMMI. 
l!l.     •.1(>  Kiioiim. — Wood  Duck. 

This  rapidly  disapiiearins:  siiecles  seems  to  be  still  far  from  uncoin- 
moii  on  the  Point.  We  saw  numbers  Inith  dead  and  alive  all  through 
Seiitemlter  ]!Mi,>l!XMi,  and  (Jardner  reinn-ts  taking  one  Novemlter  1  of 
the  latter  year.  He  also  captured  a  winged  blnl  on  the  marsh  De- 
cember 17.  According  to  the  shooters  ihey  breed  in  considerable 
numliers,  though  tliey  are  most  ••omnioii  in  spring.  This  spring 
(1!H>7)  Cardner  reports  a  falling  oft'  in  numbers.  He  is  perfectly 
familiiir  witli  tiielr  brwding  lial)its,  and  when  we  askwl  him  as  to 
how  the  female  got  her  young  to  the  ground  from  the  nest  he  said 
that  he  had  sevenil  times  seen  her  take  the  young  out  of  the  nest 
ill  her  liill  and  deiiosit  tiiem  one  Ity  one  at  the  liottom  of  the  tree 
where  tliey  crouched  nio.ionl»»ss  wliile  she  returned  for  the  next. 
When  all  are  down,  with  the  old  one  in  tlie  lead,  they  make  straight 
for  tlu'  nearest  water.  He  says  tliat  tlie  greatest  enemies  that  the 
young  l)irds  have  after  they  leave  tlie  nest  are  tlie  Snapping-turtles 
and  large  Pike  that  Infest  the  marshes, 
lio.     *.\iitliiin  iiiiicrii-diia. — Kedhead. 

A  very  comnion  mi','rant  on  tlie  immhIs,  wlierc  It  feeds  on  the  mass 
of  Willi  rdcry  t  \iillisiiriiii  x/h/«//x)  growiic  there.  .Saunders  ob- 
served llieni  as  Iat^  as  May  :!!.  l,s,S4.  In  UKiii.  tlie  lirst  senn 
by  Cardner  wjis  D.tol.er  !•.  tiiougli  tiie  year  liefore  we  t(M>k  one  on 
tlie  Lake  I'ond  .September  ;>.  but  as  it  was  an  injured  liird  flic  date 
is  of  no  migrafional  import.-ime.  October  1.'..  |;km;.  we  saw  large  rafts 
of  them  In  the  center  of  the  Lake  Poii.l  ami  the  last  were  TeiH.rted 
from  the  Point  Kci- ber  1. 

I'l.     •  Aiilhiin   r<(///V<Hc;  (■(».— Canvas-back. 

Not  as  common  ;is  I.  dini  i  iriina,  lint  of  reirular  occnrrcsiir  C-.iri'- 
ncr  reported  a  iinniber  O.tober  i:!,  I'.Mlti.  and  November  IC.  sent  us 
a  specimen. 


'  ^ir  IIIWI     IIIWUli      illllliiuai     Ill       II    II  III!   1 1   I   il  II Ilii 


Tavkrxek  and  Swai.ks,  on  liiKDs  OF  Point  Pelee.    53 


k 

f 


I'l'.     *  Aiitliiiu  iiKiiila. — Sciuip  Duck. 

A  toininoii  iiilKniiit.  Ueiioited  by  (JardiH'r  Ausiist  ."il,  190«;.  We 
snw  a  nuinlHT  Septoiiiber  1.  Keceived  Mcvenil  speciim-us  from  the 
Point  ill  Noveiiilwr  the  snuie  year.  Uei>orte<l  i-oiiiuion  Deceniher  1. 
We  saw  them  as  late  as  .May  i:{.  l!Ht.">.  and  lieard  of  tlie  presence  of 
'•I{hipl)ills"  May  2!»,  1!K»7.  Tliis  spe<ies  is  locally  known  as  "Lake 
ISluehills"  by  the  shooters. 
2.'{.     *  Aiithya  ufliiiiH. — Lesser  Scaup  iMick. 

A  coiiiinon  migrant,  locally  called  ".Marsh  l{luel)ill."  We  liad  .sjieci- 
iiiens  sent  us  November  7.  1!KMi,  and  it  was  reported  December  1. 
.V  few  remain  all  summer,  but  they  are  likely  cri])ples  or  unmated 
birds. 

1'4.     *  iiitliim  ciillurix. — KiiiK'-iiecked  Duck. 

(lardner  states  that  this  duck  occurs  in  limited  numbers  especially 
in  spring.  lie  sent  tis  a  male  taken  Xoveml)er  IC,  1900.  (Auk. 
XXIV,  1!K»7.  1).  i:«).) 

L'.'i.     Claiii/iihi  rhuifinht  uniciiiviia. — .Vinerican  (Jolden-eye. 

UeiM)rted  to  be  a  common  mi^jrant.     We  saw  a  male  bird  May   i:!, 
l!Mir>,  and  it  was  rejiorted  by  (Jardner  Septeinlier  V^,  liKHJ. 
l*<>.     *('liariti)iictla  n//*eo/n,— Hutfle-liead. 

.\  common  migrant.     We  saw  none  during  our  October  visits.  l)ut 
had  a  number  sent  us  Xove:iil>er  7  and   It!,  liMMi.     (liirdner  reported 
alKiut  twenty  December   1   the  same  year. 
•_'".     lliinidii  hjiimalin. — OhI  Squaw. 

.V  bed  of  alK>ut  lifty  lay  out  in  tlie  lake  near  the  nest  stakes  .May 
i;{,  1!HC(.  .Mr.  <;rubb  said  that  they  had  been  there  for  several  weeks. 
.V   number   remain  during;  open   winters.     Locally   termed  "C'oween," 
"South-southerlies"'  and  "Scni-easterlies." 
2S.     *EriHmatuni  juiiia'u'iiiyin. — Uuddy   Duck. 

Observed  on  tlie  ponds  by  Saunders  .Tune  10.  l,SS4.  We  secured  a 
crippled  bird  on  the  Lake  I'ond  Sci)teml)er  12,  P.M».">,  but  re;:arded  it 
as  a  "left-over"  from  the  previous  miKnition.  <!ardner  rei)orted  a 
number  October  l.'t,  P.HKi,  and  alKuit  tifty  Decemlier  1.  He  sent  us  a 
female  November  7. 
L1>.     *('hiii   liniicrlmna. — Lesser  Snow  (kM)se. 

.\ii  immature  bird  w.is  sliot  near  the  base  of  the  I'oiiit  Octoiicr  IT. 
l!Mi,">,  by  Sidney  Stanlick,  of  Leamiiitrton,  and  secured  by  Taverner. 
It  was  very  [Kwir  and  an  injured  foot  liesjioke  a  re;eiii  injury.  (See 
.\uk,  X.MII,  1!Hm;,  p.  iM'.t.i 

(iardiicr  reports  tliat  in  November,  1',mii!,  after  tlie  marsh  had  frozen 
over  there  were  eijrlit  white  Kcese  seen  in  the  fields  at  the  biise  of 
•  be  I'olut.  !.>ut  tiiey  were  h.-rric!".  so  -M  binv-  ruip'  *!•,;!>  tUey  If  -  Miiie 
so  wild  that  no  one  succeeded  in  takin;;  any  of  tiiein.  They  doubtless 
belonged  to  lhi>  species. 


>!stsrxw'Z]^B^isast^«si^tf-^^f^!Wi»s^tmists^n,'jm        


VSi^Sl^glSS^^M^A-^lisi-^^^rmS-Jk 


.•)4 


TiiK  Wilson  P.ui.letin — ^so.  59. 


80.     •  Hniiitu  ranailciiKix. — Ciiimdii  (i<ioso. 

A  foiiinion  iiiii;niiit,  iK-rliniis  more  aliuiKlniit  in  spring.    Tlit'y  hoiiic- 
times  freiiuent  tlie  pouils,  Imt  arc  \isiiail.v  fftuiul  feediiiK  on  tlie  cul- 
tivated tlelds  inside  tlie  d>ke  at  tlie  base  of  tlie  Point.    Observed  Oc- 
tolier  2H,  llMin,  and  October  11  and  11',  liHNi. 
:',].     *  Olnr  ciiliimhidniin. — Wliistllni;  Swan. 

(iardner  ro|«orts  Swans  as  occurring  irre;;ularly  in  sprins-  T'simlly 
tiiey  remain  well  out  in  fiie  lake,  but  soiiietinies  dnriii;;  lieavy  weath- 
er tliey  venture  in  on  the  ixmds.  It  is  less  coiiiiiion  in  fall.  We  liave 
seen  mounted  specimens  of  tills  species  In  I-eaiiiiiif.'fon  and  as  coliim- 
bitiniis  is  the  coniinon  form  in  this  section,  list  it  under  this  head, 
thoui^ii  bKcriiialor  may  occur. 


8-i 


TuK  \Vii.s< 


,S     lUl.I.KllN 


— N(i.  (■><•• 


TUK  r.lRDS  O 


F  POINT   I'KLEli. 


II Y    1".    A 


rWKHM-K   A 


Nil  U.    I 


1.    SWAI.K.S. 


tCdlllilUU 


.,\  inmi  iia'^f  •'■' 


V).  I 


;;:;?-n:;;s;::u;->-^<" •>■ 


..^       ■,  \nl,ii  /,.T..'/H'S 


,:,vMt  r.iu.'  iifi-""- 


,.  „.,lorU   iM  llM'  :Ul.-n...ons. 


•      ..„■  .1,,,    .,:.IM>..-  U...u.s..h.->  ..«    -        ;      _^^,^,.  .    „  „,  „„.  .■,.,.„■.,.« 
;     ,'     ,,   .,       So.u.MiMK's   ...M.ly    n     1  '""  „„  ,„„„,  i„.,„.    on- 

:::';;.:..- -  •'^rt'':.^:::'--;;  ::.■.., ,.. ^.k.. 

:  .s  i,i..v... •' -'^''■':" ;:''  V      V  .-.u  i.mw  :.-..-"■ -" 

.....Mi.-.n-.-'OplnKutl,.    "    '  .   ,,   i,„,iM.:..MK 


^Ildull'l-,    HI    I 

,,,„  '        j    .Ml-    r.Ulr    \1.M'-M 


Sri.i.  -:- 


r.x 


,,  ,,,<M..>i...M..   M'- 


llii'ii 


,        ,,,,;,,,  l„.i..u    in  111-  |..<~i  — •' ■ 

-''"• '/'.<"<■    '•"•"     '    " '    ■ 

liiii.i->    ;n     I    III'     "  - 


,  onl.l  -«■■■  ' 


I    Nv:l~  I'lll-  ^^ 


liili  .  v^  I 


\V,.    lh-\vr..r. 


,.;,l-i     il     II 


lliiiHi    lOiiiiii->  ;n    I 
„.l,.,-    llii-    11"'""' 


„^    vvitU    n    .ini'stl"!. 


\ 


TaVERNKR    ANO    Sv\  Al.ES,   ON    I'.IROs   OF    PoiNT    PeLEE. 

im.rk.  as  n,.t  Uehig  nl.solutely  i.ientifle.l.     It  wa.  taken,  aceor.l 


83 


the  Kwiier.  I».v  a  .Mr.  Dan  ( 


iiiK  to 


teiiiber,  VM'.4.    See  Auk  XXIV  I 
;!•!.     *liHUirl<Ux  rim 


I  (io.veau  near  tlie  base  of  the  I'ohit  in  Sen- 


!!M(» 


(»,e,,.v._(;,.pp„  iierou. 
The  resi.lent  hunters  eall  this  hir.l  the  "Hlue  Bittern"  an.l  seen,  to 
e  ^ve^    „e.n„inte„  with  It.     It  cannot  .>e  n  very  ..nnnon  s  .e.        o 
o  «o„l,l  have  n.et  with  it  oftener  than  we  have.     A  «rea    part  of 

n.e  west  sl.,e  of  the .rsh  is  we.,  eovere.i  with  snita...^     li  "^ 

w.uhl  .orn,   a.lMnral.le  places   for  the.n.     We   have   n.et   in.livi.l n   Is 

|iT.     'X,,rUcora.r  nnrlicoraa-  «.rr/«..-nh,,k.,.rowne,l  Xi«ht  Hen.n. 
Mr  Saun.lers  re,«,rts  that  June  ;t.  ihs4.  i.e  saw  "at  least  one  on  the 

o    a  inn    t  vin«  ont  the  Point  «  „„.  shore  tha,  w  were  eer     in 

^7'^'vJ^'nS  """^■'<'""V'^ ""« ^'-"- »-  -  -s  not  ::^ 

^M't.  -.  l.Mt,    that  we  were  al.le  to  remove  the  Xiuht  Ilen.n  from  th,. 
i.v,....,e,i,.a.  ,i,st  When  Hert  <;an,ner  i.ron.ht  one  in  th      ,     ,.      '    . 

o     the  marsh  w.,i,e  .huk  shooting.     ,t  was  a  Juvenile  hir:    a        i 
«   in    he  ,.o,le..,  .n  of  .Mr.  Taverner.     ,;,,nlner  sa.vs  that  i.e  saw     t 
l.>M.st  a  ......en  ol   then,.     The  next  .lay  he  look,^.l  for  then,  a.-ain    h 

was  able  to  Hn.l  bu,  .,ne.  whi.h  he  was  „na..le  t.,  .secure. 

HVI'OTIIKTK  Al.. 

n.e  i....-e  ..f    he  .'..nit  ye.irs  ajjo  "as  tail  as  •,   n,.,..  -      \i. 

e         f  ,  .  rt  «•■       Kill     ji:h    .1     lll,ll|.  .\ISO    nt     fT'llUtw 

r.u.es   ^^«.,  „,„,,„■„,.„  an.l  a.  mr.nn,,,.,.    The  evi.l ■,,  h.,w,.v..r    is 

"ot  sum.-.e   !  (o  a.ln.it  th..,..  formally  to  the  list. 
■■IS.     UiilliiH  .■/»•,./.;„,«.— Kll.n  li„il. 

«M,scrv..,,  by   sa,n..le,-s  .,,„„.  ,;,    ,ss,,  ,„„,   ,,,   Kl„^b  an.l   Taven.cr 
•""'"•  •'•  '■•"'•'■     ■'■ ""-'  Vi.-.l„l,.,  .rails-  s,..u r  bv  ,1...  1  ,.  ,    s       , 

:;:  '■;':';  ^'•■""  """•  —■ i^bm. ,.. ,..  „,. .,..,.../,/';'::: 

•"'""•"    ■""'•"    '•""'■ •'-"    '"-    «-w    abov..    re.,.n.s    won..,         i 

' '   '-••;"-'<-,, c|„ ,,„s,.   rialr   l-l'ts.   wb..'     bcv        ; 

', !""" ':: -  ''"■•"-  '•'■i-..-,s i„  „„.  „,a,.si,. „  ,; 

k'.«...  c.„„||,|„„,  „„  Nov.  ;!..„„,.  I»,.,..  .'ll.   |;h«;,  • 

.'!!•.      U'llliiH   rh,ii„i,i,nis.      >|,.^,|„j„    ,(.,|| 

<>l'se,.v...|  May  LM,    |:h„I.  am.   May  :!.,  an.l  .;,.    I-h.:.     o„r  v   (all 

'"""  '^  "''•■"^' >   '<-.-•  "'-  .-'.•.•  .w.,  Sep,.  „..  H..,        V    hi,     , 

"'•'"'""""^"«  "^"  "  — nas,bes.„.a.     l.isu nuLuJ':      " 


GO. 


8-^  ,    •  .  ...>rf\\n  i«>rti»u'^  of 

-;:;!-r::r:r,r,: ..-..«» 

tiie  umi-sli  nM"  i 
,,.,,as  us  to  sui-t'o^*'- 

V  ..om.non  snuun.-.  "^      '     .^.^  ,,-,,,.  then,  nn.l  U*   .  J'  ..j,,^,^ 


J(» 


■.,.„..., -"•..■■'r\7;";::.K ''-•''•■■'• ' • ■ 

..™-- ',:rr;,  r 

..  - :::r::::-^-<"—'\'^::^"zz 

S-5'^^— "''■'■'^         ' 

.:^.    "'""•■'"' \,;,nu.ouU,..ab^.n..u.u-.^-    -J,,,^,,  ,,,, 

•^  "--"■";  "i;:::;  .>".:.>  -•  --  ^-rTZ^  -•'>'  ''"^  •""  *' 
;rvi:l-r;;;;;.■^:^;^;;::;:r^ 

;;:;::;::;;; -'-'"-:;::7::rt^^^      - -^" 

r': ,::;;;;;...'- -■ --'"•"'^ 

..       .r,„„M,  .-,.'-.     K"",.  ,,,„,.,,...,■  -.■■•'"•'M.ui.unmn.n- 

oo.lo  wool.     >!'»   ■•"•  ..  ,„u  ,.,.  ,!..•  lOMV-l.  -I-K  ^^^.,.,.  ,,,, 

...u   th''-^ioo'-  i'l-o'  tlvio-  o.\.  oiii 

-^'"•■^r\;r.:;-":';:-'»'-'-- ■'■•-' • ■' " 

-••"'■■'"'■  '      ,.,7  ,rM""'*v'-'>- 

.^,.....1    I'.CJ-    MOO    >>Oi     !•      I 


ll 


Tavern- KR  ami  Swai.ks,  on  lUuns  oi-  Point  PELiiE. 


85 


4<i. 


1 

i 
1 


Actoilrtniias  nniriilatn. — rcctonil  Siiliil|i 


\\»'\ 


Mr.  Simndcrs  took  tliis  species  in  Septcinlicr.  IHs:;. 


siiiiie  nioiith  of  l!Ml(i.     Tnvfrncr  took 


and  iicaiii  in  tlip 


ill  tlic  niiii-sli  neiir  tl 


wo  of  three  see 


le  e.- 


Iiase  of  tlie  I'l 


n  on  the  niiid 


oliserved   tlie  came   nnnilier   in   tlip  sai 


oint.  (»<-t.  Lit.    I'.HI.I 


ind 


we 
inie  place.  Oct.  i."..  I'MHi.  Tliis 
species  do,.s  „ot  favor  K„nd  lieaclies  as  ,,  mle.  Imt  is  more  often 
fonnd  on  mud  flats. 

47.     *.\<-tiiil  11)111  iix  haiiilii. — liaird's  Sand|)i|ter. 

Mr.  Saunders  sa.vs  :     ••<  .„  Sept.  1!..  i:mh..  I  saw  four  Haird's  Sand- 

'"I"''''*  ""  ' ■•"'f  '"■"■■''•  "f  ^vllicll  we  uot  one  or  tw..."     This  remained 

tlie  sum  total  of  our  knowledw  of  this  spe.ies  ,m  tlie  I'oint  until 
.\UKUst  1'4.  ;!Mt7.  when  we  found  it  almost  common.  Kverv  hun.'h 
nearl.v.  of  -mall  waders  that  we  saw  contained  one  or  more  We 
never  to  .1  them  in  Mocks  l,.v  themselves.  I.ut  alwa.vs  a  few  individ- 
uals mixc.  in  wilh  other  sp.><ies.  After  the  :ii;th  they  heiran  to  thin  out 
with  the  rest  of  the  waders,  and  the  last  was  seen  .Vnirusl  .-Jl.  They 
were  easily  distinguished  fn.m  the  Least  ami  Semipalmated  Sami- 
liipers.  when  as>oci„ted  with  them.  I,y  their  superior  si/e.  and  the 
more   ^'cneral   and   eveu    sutfusion  of   hutTy   on   the   throat   ;iml   upper 

hreast.      In   general   appeiiraiice  they  s t„  i„.  , ,„    |,,.,|,-  „.,,^.   ,„. 

iween  the  Least  and  I'ectoral  Stindpipers,  tlio,i-l,  the  hreast  .oloia 
tion  is  softer.  less  stre.iked  and  more  l.ullV  and  sreneral  than  either. 
We  secured  a  mimlicr  of  specimens. 

4S.      *  \rl>,ihiiiiiiis  iiiiiiiitilhi.   -  \a<:<sV   S.iildpiper. 

We  h.-.ve  noted   this   little  saii.lpiper  mm-li   more  .•,.nim<mlv   in   the 

sjinm;  than  in  tlie  tall:  imi I.  it  seems  to  he  one  of  the  earliest  Till 

iniu'iants.  arrivim;  in  this  l.itltu.le  early  in  the  Hrst  week  in  July  ami 
hut  a  lew  stiic.'tflers  remMinim:  alter  tin-  first  of  Seplemh,.r.    Uur  Sep- 

'•■' ■■  ''""'^  •■"■•■  ""  '•■"•  ■•'   '•""    ^i'li-'les  s ,  early  in  the  month    a.id 

even  when  we  arrived  on  the  Point.  Auiriisi  _■».   p.x.T,  tlier re  h  .t 

lew   indivi.luals  in  ,.,mp;iny  with  otiier  small  waders,  an.,   r       e  were 

seen  after  the  I'd  of  Sept. .,•,-.     It  is  ahvays  d'lll.ult  to  scpara,  •  this 

' "'"  "•■""  ""'  •"'"'"il'a lied  Sandi.lper  in  life,  hut   when  thev  are 

iH.th  loi-ether  close  atfution  will  reveal  the  Inferior  size    re.hler"  hnk 

and  darker  hivast  of  the  l.cast.     Without  d t  lliis  species  is  r   ,eu- 

•  dar  and  common  migrant  at  hotli  >ea>ons  at  the  I'oint.  as  it  is  .,t 
I>etldit. 

I!>.      *i;iuhui   aliHini   s,il.h<iliiiii.      Ued-hacked   Sandpiper 
Uhserved  hy  Saumlers  as  late    ,s  .lune   1...   issj.  and   hv  us   \|av   l.'i 

l!Hi..,  when  alK.nt  ele,cn  were  seen  a t'  the  shores  of  the  Lake  Pond 

.May  I'd.  P.hm;.  we.sa«  one.  and  at'aiii  another  sin-lc  >|;,v  ;!1  pMiJ  U  j^  „ 
laic  miuranl.  hoth  spring  ..,„d  fall,  ami  is  likely  noil,  rcLMilar  and  -■om- 
■Mon  in  Its  occurrence  at  the  I'oint.      We  have  met   it   hm   ,„„.,.  i„  ,,„, 


86 


THE  NVii-^^^'  r.v  i-v. 


^..     .K,.,..u..  «-^  /•"-""^-  ^,^.„,,  iu  tue  fan.    ^y  -  ^       ,,...,t- 

TUe  counuouest  v-^'^:^^:;  touua  «>f  ^  ;::t^:^  untn  .n. 
ou^^-  ^'"^"^  ■^"^S^;^>i  ^-U  tue^r  ..uun.      .  ;:,,  ,,  ..ven  .^  e.^ 


51 


'''\'    :.ri>.e  .au.e  .late  in     •;';,,.„„,,  trU-  an^      .•  ;  ^_^^^,, 

xva(U-i'»  \'>'  jut.  l'>  '  '•        ^     f  ,,.p  wmlcrs  It  i>  • 

»■>■  -"vs; '«.''''-  '■"":,:;';;;:  "■' -  "■"  •••  '''-r  •■:'''« 

,|.,,,l„..l  •''    '  '        „,<>U  t\ltMll  <lo>^"-  ,  Hl.lll   -l>'»''""^  1,.,. 

',.1  „  ...u-  tin..-  all..^^"»  .,„,.  „  ;,  t.n-.    >..  .  ,^^,,,,, 

.10.1  aU  ..f  "^  '•''•"^'^  u  .  --.-wo  v->-7,     .;,,,„„....  .la.w. 

•=^'"'-^"  '■":;:>,..  ..ntvast.  a.ul  wl..-'  ";;  ,...,,,„if,.l  hI^IX- 


\ 


1 


T.\\ek.\i:r  and  Swales,  ox  Birds  of  Point  Pelee.  87 

We  oxpeoteil  to  flu.l  a.lults  i.resent  tho  latter  en.l  .,f  August  hut 
when  «o  arrived  at  the  Point  A„^n.st  2i,  1907,  all  secure.!  were  in 
juvenile  i.lu.naRe.  Sau.uiers  thought  he  saw  a  couple  with  the  red- 
dish hrea-st  of  the  adult  hird.  but  was  un;,!.l»  to  se-uro  then,  and  no 
"u.re  were  noted.  It  is  well  known  tlu.t  the  older  indlvidu.-.ls  of  this 
s,.ec...s  arrive  earl.v  i,.  the  fall  and  ;;enerall.v  depart  iK-fore  the  Hrst 
ot  tlie  juveniles  arrive. 

52.     *t.ii,ii,sa  hainastira.—UuiUmum  (Jodwit. 

Ma.v  ];{.  I'N).-;,  Taverner  took  a  hl^-h  plu.nawd  male  Ilndsonian 
Oo,lw,t  alone  the  strip  of  dear  water  that  .separates  the  sand  dune 
fn.n,  the  n,.nsh.  It  stood  Imnched  np  under  a  small  hush  with  its 
leet  Just  wet  witi,  the  lapi.inK  of  the  water,  utterin.-  a  s.-ries  of  short 

vv7,',"-'r'""   *""*    "'■''   ■•"f'>''<'">  ''IT  attention    to   it.      See    Vuk' 
A  .\  n  I .  .  I.  to.  ' 

r>:f.     *T<,taiiii.s  mrliiiiol,  II,  IIS.- (iventvr  Yellow-le:.'s. 

We  have  s,,.n  hut  two  „f  this  species  ,.n  the  Point.  I!.,th  killed  hv 
.anlner  on  the  marsh,  Sept.  ;!  and  14.  P.kk;.  The  shooters  spea!.  en- 
utsmstically  of  the  ••hi.  Vellow-le.s-  the.v  sh.«.t  on   the   n'arsl,    n> 

October.    No  dot.ht  it  is  a  regular  and  .-oinnion  ndiirant.  though  fewer 

111  niinihers  than  the  next  species. 

51.     *T(, tail  IIS  ^(ir//».-<,_Yellow-lefrs. 

We  have  onl.v  met  this  spe.Mes  in  earl.v  September,  our  earliest  date 
beln«  the  1st.  in  l-.H.T.  and  the  latest  the  l!.th.  in  V.m.  This  .. Ives 
verv  little  idea  of  their  mii:ratlonal  movement  as  thev  arrive  at""  De- 
troit the  scond  week  of  ,Iul.v,  and  l.v  the  first  of  August  are  present 

h,  «rea     tlocks.     The  bulk  of  them  se,.,.,   ,„  leave  = ut  the    Irst  of 

September. 

•"..-..     *ll,-l,„hi,mas  ■s„lit,i,ii,s.^-ii„]u,u-y  saiidpipc-r. 

\ye  have  met  but  simjie  individuals  of  this  s,H.cies  ou  the  Point  in 

n  l.Hi..  Saunders  also  saw  one  the  latter  year.  Au«ust  -s.  Itotl,  the 
latter  were  ohserve.l  in  a  drainage  ditch  at  the  base  of  the  P..ii„  ,„. 
d«.d.  Point  Pel.^  i..  not  ground  suitable  to  their  tastes  at  all   and  ,  i  ■ 

*""^  :""'"  '"■"  ' '•"""»'  ""  '""  >""d  banks  scattered  tbroii.^h   the 

™.^^  .Inly  an.l  August  their  o-vurrence  at  all  is  n,.:,;.  !;;.! 

r.r,.     *rri,ii;iile>,  siihniflrnllh.--  nulTbreastcd  Sandp!|«.r. 

August  -•    UHlT.  Taverner  t c  a  male  a,  the  extreme  end  of  the 

.1  sand  spl,  at  the  end  ot  the  Point,  „  „,,s  i ,,„„,  „-ith  n  small 

.   .  or  Semipalinated  Sandpipers  and  Sanderlln..     It  seemed  .pdte 
^m      m,  was  easily  secui^ed.     It  is  numbered  -..t  in  the  collectors 


88 


The  \V...son   IUm.i.et.n— N'>.  '•'»•• 


•";  ....n.n,on  su.u.nev  vo.^ent  .n..^^^-  ^^^^^,  ,,,,^^^  ^...U 
round  this  s„...ies  "-.U.ur  -  •-  ;^^^^.  ^,.,.,.,  ,„,  „,.,-    VnUUo  a 

„.!  o„u.v  .a..vs  that  o.utv  -'-,;:';..„  t,,..  oast.     ^V.  ...ve  al 
;,,,e.a...  as  ....uuum  .n>     -  ^    ;"     ,  ...,,  ,.„  visits  >;-o  usu^.b 

e,.  a  litt...  ia.o  -o  .*.M  "7;; ;."^'   ,  '    „"u  was  ........no,,  fn.,..  ...e    s 

,ve  saw  fvo...  tw..  t..  to..'-  ''»■       '  ^..,,i,.  ,,,  ,,w  l.t.t  a  .-o.tl.U  ti.o 

,i,-st  aato  .....1  on.  tl.e  -.s  •    ""      ^  -   ,.„,  ,f,or  ti.at  .t  was  l.ut 

V  ,..us,  •-!  to  ti.e  e,.a  ..f  ti.e  •'';',.  •„.,,.,    o,..-  ..f  ti....-  iast  was 
,,.v  i,..livi.U.als  a...l  '""'•";.'";",;,,,  ,..,,..  l....a,.a..l.  of  sttsta.t.e 

4;;,  o..  .iiss...ti....  -*;';;;;,::;';;:l.,ny  rat  t„at  t,.o  ..o..-.t,s.o,. 

„  ...M..ii.i....  .•x-'^l't  tl'^'t      ;,;,;„  i,,vast.H,  fat...  tly. 

.s.  X "'-'''''-''-'^^'7r:';:r;::e:..atvisitt,.oe..a..r 

'        KH.T.  !..•  ....->  •'■'-'■•••"•'-  :'"  ',t;    V    t  s„e.iti.-  .l..si„.atio..  of  tl.o 

i  ..,ivi.l....ls  s......  .......ai..s  ...  .>.ml  K     .V  ^  _^  ^^  _^  _.^^^.^_  ^„^^  ,„,,  ,„ 

.,.  ,„s  always  ...-o..  an  ^"-;^="        ';   ,.  .„.,„   ,  ,,.....-tHH....  -   =.lways 

,„..  .„ri....  a.  ^-..-;  ->;  -  ;  ;;.;,.,^,  „, ,,„  ...  wo..'.'';;- -; , 

V  ..„.n.......  r^>''   "'i-''^""-     '\.    ;.,,,,. •U-l...UiP.l  I-l..v.-r  .a.  tl.-  L.^"" 

,,,,„,,.     NV..  i.av..  r.......l  """"'"'^  "  .,', „.,„,.,„•  visits.  a...l  t..oU  o...- 

„„,..n.avts  a...l  t,.o  -';'■";,;;  :r',';K.7.  ti.a.  a..y  s,...,   s, .a..,.s 

^.,...  ,aU.....  1-of  ""■  >'-'     '"■;■'■      '^■;;.  .  .„i,o....liy  .as  .aU...  a,..l 
v..,-vi...  s.a..-s  .,f  .1...  l.m.U  Pl.as. .     1  .     «  ^^^^    ^^,,„„  ,„..  ,„,,  .„H- 

:;::-...a.u s ;';-;;;;":;":■„'.., ..i.-.-....,,..  ... -o.......... 

„,s  ..l.s.-,v...l;  a-„r  wl.i.l     al  -  ,^.^.,^  „,  „„,  „„  ..,„      , 

^^,,„  „,.,.,  .„■  U.-  wa.l...s  ,1...  a.l,.l      -    '  ,,,  „„„  ,  „,„«,,.. 

,,,„„  ,n...-  .1.-  .-t ... .'« 1:;;;;',;;;;:;  .,„„,,  ,„,..  ,..„...  -n.is  s,.-.o>  .^ 


H 


TWKKNKR    AM,    S\V.V..1>.   ON     I!,R„s    ,„.-    P,„xt    p,,r.,.:H.      80 

roa.Iil.v  .!lstin«„isl.e<l  n-,„„  the  (iohlen  I'lovr  i,.  life  |,v  its  l.la.k    in- 

M.H...     u'iii>    ol   w„,Ks  niul  sides;  n.Hl   the   rather   pron>inent   white 
'••.n.p  that  n,  eertain  „„uliti..us  of  tli«ht  is  v..,-  notL-eaMe 
•  M..     'f ■/„/,, „/,,«x  </',m/»/,».,._Aiueri,an  (inl.le..  Plover 

.e)rr  T«r'  *';":•■"'•""  '■""-•  '•"'  '--•'■  •"""  ti.n-  i,.  the  fall. 
^.|.t.   I-    l!Mi...  a.Ml  Sept.  1!.,  i-KMi.     ,;anlner  repurte.l  seeing  ei«ht  .„ 

..  M.u.h  Sept.  ..   nK.T.     This ,p,e,es  the  re.,.n,  for  the  vZ 

.l.te      .he  s,„o.ers  tell  us  that  in  ....tol,er  ,re..,t  „„, ,.  ,,,.  f    „ 

he  „,arsh.  .,,,1  thon.h  we  ea.  not  always  ,eM  whieh  o      1,     t" 
I.r.'e  plover  are  referred  t...  ,he  tin.e  is  n,ore  in  keeping  with  the  1  ■ 

s  <>.   the  ...hlen  than  the  l;h...,.„e„io,..  as  it  se.ns  to  n      1 

later  migrant  in  the  fall  than  the  other, 
ni.      *(i.i!i,(/,iix  rorifrrii.i.—KUUh't'V 

»™™sr::::;;  ;:;;;-■;;;;;:;:■  :-:r;;;-i;;rs;,;;:r 
x,;;tr;:::-::::::-';;;;;:::,;;™:-;:;.;;i 

'l'"-^-  ""■"""" y  "■■'-'  ""  the  ....mvatecl  liehls  ,,t  ,he  has. 

'C     *.}:„i,lith  ■v.'///,>,/,„„M.._seniipalniat..,i   I'lover 

;;::,;^;;::;;r::rro-r^- 

"""","'■  "■■'•'""'  ••"  '""  '■"-'•  "•  «■"!  tlu.  ....  nl,s  sill    hen.    h,  t  l'- ,    i 

uns  aue,,     .vt  „..,r.,it  ,1,..  a.lnl.s  „,  ,hr..„« „t  .he    m   lilie.  .f 

«us,  a...,  .^  no,  sn.y  ^.n..    .Vs  a  rn...  two  we...  eovrs  nT^l^ 
-'■t    t  IS  seen  as  ,n  other  spenle..  ,ha,  ,|,e  .v.,„„,,„,  i„,,ivhluals    i,.  ,r 
-  n     .n..r  ...an  Ihe  a.,„l,s.     As  a  rn,..  „,..•  o....„..  o„  „J::;„.,;;;/ 
'   ""t  ,n  li„le  .-ro„|,s  of  th,,.,.  ,.r  fo„,  j,,  ,„„„,,„,  „„„ 

i:';;;;;::.::::'^':::,.::"' " -""^ -'-•  -■--  - --•' 

•  i.!.     *  r.tiiiiiiiis  //(.V.W./.-i'ipiiii:  n.iver. 

.No  wa.h.r  is  nor  ..onl.l  he  ,.,.  .lain.il,    pre„y  .han  .his.li„|e  spe- 

.a,M...   make  a    rare  ,„n,hina.ion   .ha..   .o;r...h..r   with    „,..   s.noo.h 

'""7.""""  "'"'"   "   '■'"-•  ^'-'"   -I,.,  a.1.1 ,.  -va.ers  re.1e,.,in.^  ,1. 

....  s    ,..s  ov..r„..a.,,  arouses  a   s..n,in,...,.al   in„.res,   .e  iiv..,     tl      . 

My  o  ia.r  sl.ore  ,,,..1  is  ..apal f  a  wal...nln..     „  is  a  n  sun        J 

r '"  ''""/■"'-•"'^'•-  '- r  -...  .ho  eas,  ,,..aeh.     W..  hav..  foun.I  ,h..n 

'I'"-  -M  ..a-h  .May  visi,  an,l  usually  .lis,.ov,.r...l  n,.sts  an.l  s       Z 


flK^TW^TTS*!? 


„„  VV,„»s  ,-,.u.-— ^-  «»■ 


;nt  ^  •-  ,  .,.,,1   ,  usuiilly  i'l«'-i"' 

'"•"'"•^-  "*'  "        ;,    u  now.    This  d:.to  Nve  1  ««  >"  ^„.,  ,  f,nv  da   ^ 

on  Uu>  "'-^';7;'         „.na  of  tl.e  tyl»'  '<     -  ^      ,,-0  .v.  .w^'-  ^'f 
vo  1.0.-U  uttributal    '"",,,^.,,,.uM  l-y   tU-  <-  ''•  ,^  ,.,„„,e  ." 

,  ,....u..v  uu.vant  ■-'    ^'  ;,„,  ,.  ,sS4  :  and     ^^  ••;;,,,,  unu-s  ..e- 
an.l  faU.  ^^--'^^^  ^^.n.U  ^ve  Uav.  .uW  t  ;om -^^^  ^^^^  ,„„re  -ou. 

ivvoeii  AU'.-ii^l  -1.  '  f,,,i  ,uat  nv'  »'''  '  ^„  ,,e  seou  wiU'  '»« 

u>..n  in  K-7  tl,an   -       '         ,^.  „,  ,.,  ,ove  '>^^>;;,^,,  .„ay  seou  s>"- 

f  ,.  t\io  first  f'"\v  >l'»>^  •'  ..ri-vi.ms  ye!>i^^  ^^^  .   aitVu'ult  to 

:;:Irtlo-U.  of  o,..ev  'X=;.V.s.   ^^^  ^^^.,^..  --''V'".;  Utl  >av..ful 

:'"";;;::  .■■; :::;:::;::...-:—-:"-""- 

..■»■*"'■■  '■•■'■";     . ..•  •■-■»"" "'  '■'"■ ";  I  "m.  ..".1  «.•  n"*" 


^1^ 


Wy-KSEU    AM)    SWAI 


'••S.   ()\     lilKDS 


1)1-    1' 


'INT    rKI.Ki:.       1)1 


■  IS  f..nii..rl.v  iiii  jihuiKl.int  l.inl 


flif  ediics  (>r  the  c] 
til. 


1111(1  Hint  still  ii  f, 


eariuKs.     Tlio  y„aii  ,ii,i  „ot 


CVV    coxcys    (r 


scf'ui  to  Slide 


•■qiK'iit 
(liirint; 


I'  rigors  of  tln'  winter  of  I'ki-'mj  !.,  »i  • 

•"<•  in  a.ijoiiii,.,  io<.nmL:  i.;-;;;:;;^;:.""^  ^'■'•""■'  '"■  "■"-■-  -  "->• 

KxTr.\(  T. 

01.n-esi,I<Mits  „.|1   „s  that   tlio  IMrtri,lj;p  „•, 


Kiinie  l.ir.l  on  tlie  l-oint   l,iit  »,.>.•  "  ''  ^'''''•''  '""" ' 

i^  "<-w  only  to  I...  .■,.,„..,  „  T''^'""   "'^  "'"  HolMvliite  ,|,„.s  an.l 


oiif-e  ji   very  conn i 

i^  "<-w  "nly  to  he  fonn.i  U.' ti.^ '^:::;:r  Zr^T'""'"'"  "'""  ""'^ 
\voo<ls.     'iiicio    ii-,.  ,„.  v.,  1  "'«IK>t  iMits  „|    tliP  nior..  extensive 

lilt  It    .lie   no   sneli    woo,  s  on   the   Point   -nwl   >i, 
s...ner  an.l  seaiver  in  the  a.ljoini,,.  ..o.n.t^.       s       H,   S./"'"  'f "" 
'•'"•■•"■•■"  ""  ■•'""  "'-'e  into  eorn  lui.l  wlie.-.t  liehls.  "  '""""' 

KXIIXC  T. 

M<l,„!iri^  „a/loi,<n;..-^W-,U\  Turkey 

o.";;::'"?.:::^.:^;;.;;;:::-:;;;;'---''"'-'^- ---....■. 

•~-.v  -.1  the  laJ     le    ;   ,  le     ".'"  "","""'""  ""'  ^""  ''"'"^  '"  '- 
-•■•i^.Kes  ant,  ,ives  uJV^'Z  l::;Zl:  """  '"■•"'"   '"^'"^  "■'" 

KXTINcT. 

*i:<ln„i.-<lrs  mi„raU.n„s.—V:isseu'^er  I«i«. 

'•' •'"'''■■  '••'shients  reineniher  tlie  viist  Mods  ,.f  Li 

".i«.-,.,e.,  thron.h  the  l-oiiit.     Thev  we  v  st  |     )  ,      .  , f         '  '"T 
1><^-".  as  Saun.iers  savs.  "In  iw-     nv  s    ,v  ,  '"""""'"  '" 

last  ,1a, s  of  A„«„^t  ".n.l       ui"  "         '"'  "'* '"''  ""•""'-"  ^''^ 

ti-.  we  Often  ^nv  sr;,  ^ir,;  .^s;::::;:';";;:;;;:';:' "--  •- 

--->; "-:^:;:r:;;h:;;iir::';;n;':;;:;-:.:^  ■■ 

i;;::.M:;;;r^^^^^^^      -"-si.t_r';:;-a'.;:;:;; 

<!'•..     /'/-//,/»;„    m«./„»,„.  -Monruiin;   iMv 

in.;;;;,;:;::  :::;;:,:":;:'..;;;;;:;:■": -  --^-  »'"-'■  -.•  -.  ■  met 


1!mm;-(i 


'.  Mc.|n,'iitiii-  ili,^  viclriitv 


lined    ijiri 


ill};! 


ol    llje  h 


loilt    llie    wiiit 


irii 


anis. 


I.      Ciilliiirti 
■May  l.'(l,    1: 


eiiil 
1 


the   I', 


'/»/</._-rnrt 
mm;.  t«o  vultun 


e.\    \nlt 
II 


lll-e. 


s    llcw    (lillMllV 


It 


lavi'  what  s(»eiii  to  he  | 


iiia,\   prove  to  h, 


ov,'r  (iiir  hoads 


are  re-nlar  sun 


iretty  \M.|i 


iiithenll. 


iioi  niK'oninicin  spi'i'le 


Iter  of 


near  the 
as  \\(. 


mil  r  n':,ii|ent 


s  near  Man 


■luMl  reports  ,,f  a  pair  that 


aiiont  lift 


eeil  miles  west  ,>f 


the  I'olJit 


TH.  \Vu.soN   UU...E"S-Nc..  (^0. 


rue  birds  we  saw  w.-n^ 


low  iniil  we  hii 


„„a  a  few  "">- !"^'tw'ot  t;.e;/w..„ilernu  r,i«Ut 


tly\i>g  very 


a  a  umgultt"*"^  view  o 


fhS. 


•  ("(■/■(•K 


A  < 

8tin 


•oiivii""" 
ly  o 
inion 


,s   hUllsOIIKII"' 

liiiWk.  aii«\ 


-Marsh  llawk. 
^,.en  almost  every 


day  on  all  our  v 


isit> 


lieat- 


tor  of  V.MM 
we  saw  two  « 


uver  llie  miir 

Oct.  ir,,  I'.HKV 
-(.7.  Dee.  1.  -l'*"-  - 


i-sU-lan.\s  or  soariun  ' 


,ver  tlie  woi 


lis.     It  was 


,l,u.r  observed 


I'.'l..  r->  i> 


lul 


tl.eu.  am-in^'  tl.e  win- 
As  early  as  March  1> 


blue  adults  beati.ii;  over 


the  snoW 


Did 
,vered  niea 


tin.  still  fro/.en  ni 


arslies  and 


idows. 


shinned  Hawk. 


so        1'>-  l'.»"-'-  -"  -^^-  ""■  :'"'",      e  observed  the  s.n.e  tln..^  iu 

Snt  ...at  he  had  ^^^'^^^^^x^i^- 1'-  ">"^'""  °^"'•";r;;';:  t 

V...,  and  our  latest  re,..J^s  ,,^       ,.,,n   a.ain.     *^'  ;-^;,; 

,..H.7.   advises    us   that    1>^<      "  In  I'-KK".  we  saw  one  Se„     •  •  " 

Sharp-Shin  date  is  ^-^^^;^X,:n.^  ->-'•<-  ''^"^'""*   ""  "" 
the  year  previous  i..eie  \\i-<< 

-;;:r";:s.::^' :x ..;---:;  ■•■—r^:  ■:;.;*:- 
•'■'7' ;;:"■'-•--"-"'"'' ;:.^ 

Karly  in  the  niornioLi 


T 


a\i:k\i:r  and  S 


WALKS,   (,S    I'.lRDs    OF    Poixj-    J 


Kt.KE.      f>r 


some  rfKuliirity 

"lit  the  Point,  tlion  it 

i'wiin.     TiiiN  iiK 


II  tlicir  iHovciueiits.     First  tl 


H<>«> 


'■■K'k  aj.'i 


K'TO  is  ji  steiKl.v  stn 


<'lt'V<Ml  (/.lock   it  is  Inst 
Kre;it   lllimi(liiil,.'   I;ist..,|. 
"iicii  tlK.y  KriKln.illy  I 
KtJi.v  (tlic  I':.',!,  ii,  1 
l<'.'lst   fifty 
stf.-uly     stn 
•NViir    fl 


neiiK'iit,  Iioucvor. 


liii  towjinls  tlio  i.jiso  iiiiil  tl 


IX  not  vorv 


inarliPd 


K'll  out 


entirely  mikI  it  is  pvcm-v  l.inl 
in   I'Hi.-,.  tlir.M.  (l„ys.  ,,.1.1  tli 


iind  liy  ten 


»v';m   to  tliiii 


lor  itself.     This 
<•  ne.\t  year  four. 


MMIt,  they  still 


"lit.   tlioii;;!!   to   tlio   latest   of 


•  olild   l)f  oliscrvf.,! 
'"I    rt.vinu'    across    the    l.ik 


nMnaiiicd  more  n 


ill  a   dav. 


All   tl 


laii  i-oiiiiiioii.  and  at 


lis   tinic  then 


tower  l.nilt  I 


!i<'    <'Xti'eni('    end 


i<r     the     I 


■<^    towjirds    the    ( 


•>■  the   (-.  s.  Lake  .S 


'oiiit     is    a     wood 


)liio    shore. 


iirvey  for  tl 


en    oliservat: 


lie  rnii'lx 


•oy 


nervations  on  the  chan-es  of  t i.  i^  '••- 

"i^li.  and  stands  wi         ^     ,.  T  '""'T'-     ''  "  '""  '"'y  '•""' 

'"••"•■"■•■11   rises  well         ,  e  r-'l.ee.lar  thieket   whilst   the 

I'"-t  Saunders        d"',.7'-';"';r""^  '"'"''■     ""  "-  vantage 

-"•'■i-"iii uiite;; :;.,;:,  7,:.;';'''"'';-'^'''-nnd  With 

gunshot.    l.-ron>  li   i-t  ,„  n  -.(   ''s.  '    ^^"*''  ""'"■'•'■  •■'"  ^^'^'i" 

"[  .lie  1-oint  and  74  re.urnin;  uZ^.i!^T^ ;;:;^,;!^''"''  "^  '""  •■"" 
"ith.n  half  an  hour.      \s  f.„.  .,.,  „,.  ,  '•""^"'  •"'''"'"'  "i"  I'll^e 

'■very  .lay  „f  „„,  .,,...„.,,,  .,,,„,„,.,'■,';        "'"  ''*'''^  ""  '"'   ''■'>    .-i".! 

■'-  '-■  '"•  ""■  --  .liJhM : :: :;:  z:i:z  ■''"■ ''"'  -^-^  ^"^ 

'""•  'ive  n.iles  fron,  ,he  hase    found    I  en  ''  """  ''^'=""'"-- 

:i::;:=/::s';;;io,:;7i:::.r:::::    "^ 

'•■;j;;:;;;:::''''^'-r^-''''-''^'- 

*^'ite  often  it  ha„,.ene.        .      ,,  ""  "'"'  ''"^'^  '■'■"■"  """■■  "-'.«. 

"='"  "-"•  ;^....s  ainc  1  at   ;    Z  '"""■.';■"-  '"  ""«'  .^v.  that  Just  as  we 

">■ '.  .i.ru  hodv.  at  ;',;:;;:''';''  • *•■•'•  "-■■<■ «-  a  swoo,, 

i"ton,led  speein.en  was  c         .,     ^  "' ^""  ^■''"•'"-  •'-!  -mr 

"<•  '■.•eel..„„er.     The  ele.        ,      ,,'"    '"   '""   """"'^  "'^  "    '•••' "•"■'•'•.-   lit- 
t"e  -.aller  hirds     n  1         ,      ,       ^S"'  """""  "''  """'^  '"•■  """" 

'•'"^^-   '-overt.      The    JJlue  r,""'''  '""''"'*■  •"'"   "'-.v  '^"Pt   in 

>:ni„evines.     and     w  '       .;  •'\.,:;"    '    '"";"'^-    "-"-'"   to    fo. 

-'"  -len.ly  to  the  neare^leov;      ,!:'"'     ' ^"     ''""'-"■ 

f'>'>lin.s  uuti,  „,,l,in  safe  reeesses  .,:::;  i;"^,;;;;^",^"""  '"'  "^  '"""-"I- 
;';-Hee  preferred  to  slink  deeper  wili,.  ';,:""  ""'"""■  """ 
<linn  to  seek  a  new  one;  and  the  U.  <  '•"-''■"""""•  ••'I'l'roa.h. 
»-'.-.tIiered  what  nuts  tl,,.  •  ,,  „'  "  "."T'^  """•""■"'  ""••'■ie.H.v 
'■•'-.  refraining  fron,  seol.  ,  ';  '  "''"'r  """''  '"  ""■"•  """"- 
■'<-'-  ••'.'nin.  When  h..  i  ;  .  .  "  '  "''*"  """"'  ""■''•  ""'"'y  '-.- 
'"•St  si.d,t  of  a  hawl  ,  '  """  '""  "<""'  '">■  '""'-er  the 
stantly  and    1  •,  '     X  i   "n  T' ■ '"'  """  ^ ''  ""-"^  '■'  ••'•—•■      " 

'"-"   '>'...«er   ..ad        s^   '.;■';;:"'  ;"'^'""'"'^-  ^•'"  "■""  '""  --„,e- 
1  •     to,   and    111    all    eases    noted   su-i,    i.;..,!.    >- 


sake    its 
swiff  I V 


^is^^mm^. 


5)4 


,,,„,  ,v„...^  r.n.....".-N...  ». 


US  nntl.  I"  '"' 


1  ui<>st  <>tl>e'' 


I  ml' 


."-"'1=::.,:;;; -* 


'«-•»■::;;:":'■;::."::—::""'!! 


usually  r.-«iir. 


its 
.li-«l 


fonu  au.l  .oloK     A  1  ^^  „,,,u  i.a.>  --'^  '      "   „,,,  tlu-y  thus 

„,  iuaui.ua...  au.l  v      »  ^^  ,,^.,„,  „,i  ,.uro  stub 

.lar  NVaxvviu^s  ...  the  t..,  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^_ 

'■'■'■""■"         .he  Javs  s.......e.l  th..n«"»-'">y  ^'"".^  -jaV  their  l.....l.--t. 

.,,  t.....-s  the  J  ^,^.  ^,  ,„v  tht.-Kot  am     J  •    ^^^^  ,^_^^^^^  „„.,,. 

U.^hte.l  I..  P-t  '"  ''";"'    „.„,.  „,.eve.l  tha..  a  >'"^^'^;  ,,„.  .vitUl" 

.„.,  ,.v.......l  tl.e  .-.-..•.■>'  '  «        „„,  ,„„ar.-..t  .lel.«l.  •     1 

'"■  '^"""   '".    ,t.l   V  el      th.....:U  suh.1...-t   t..  '--''.^^,  \,.,..  V.V.....S   as 

'•"- :-;;:;;  "^- -  -"• '-  -rrutr.::^-..  t....  ..th.. 

"'''     ,    un  with  the  tll.Uer  there  xxas  a  ^^^  ,^,^,,^.,  ,„,„,■. 

"T  :,;  .">^  -"^  *""  """^^  "r  -m  «U  <.-r  ha.l  hut  a  .■i.vle  .>f 

--ttit.;s;....;---^^^^ 

a  tew  i...l><-  t..  <^'-     ';,;', ,,,uo.-  ....e  i..sta..t  t....  lat.^ 

- "-  r'"^:!ru;  .  sm-h  ti...es  .....St ;-;;:;-;-,:  ,.;u.>.i  .»- 

Tlu"  I..'''*  <■'  '""  ,,_  „f  scatte.-<-.l  leath.  .s     •  „j, 

"""^  """'"^  TJZX  en.».  ^-*-  ""•  "^;:  'Z  T  ui..  i.....y 

:;r;;u;;:'\:;:f.  -—-::.;•  i=:-^'v::>..«^  .........  a...i 

~rB:^ -•-;;--:;:r:;\s-^ 

...a.h.  h..hl  l.y   <''"''";:'„„„.  .„•   U..-  year.     '».   the     S 

< >"'^'-  "'T/;;^'  u  u.^. ... "-  "^ ""-  -'-.rr  :l-  -->. 

.»..  ...  '"•  '"  '  ,  .v.s.am-  .ha.  ..'>  '>'"'"  ,  .,„,,  ,.,ul.    we 

•■'-''T  "at''..  -,.  ai...  J-.-n..  ...  ^"     ;^  ^,,,,,  ,..,„,.  u.e 

ri--"V-> -  '^"^""^"         ■.       ..,.,..,.  .hat 

--:".:-;---■• ?-!:t;.;;::;t.:u:;;- '- 

,,:,  i„   n.ii   view  .a.,   ...  .i-   '■'*-■•   -'    ••     ■ 


t 


T 


la 


T 


1 


\\V.\<Si:\<    AM)    Sv.  \1.K 


S,  ON    [!iu 


"tlicr  hinvks  iln  s.i.     Instcnl 
'.i;.'lil  .iiKl  well 


llipy  t;ik^ 


I's  or   PoiM    I'ki.ki:. 


<iMif>i<'  ricircr  tii,.  ()|,|  j, 


i.i;-'liT  .in.l  W..II  to  tho  ...ist  „r  til,.  Mm,)       V     .■       ■'"ininy 

<•'■-•-  Ili.-.t    wmhl   I:.,,.!   tl,..,M  „„    tlH.  .,l.i.    J,:      ;""'    ■""'■^"'""-' 
ini;  I..  w,.rU  tliis  si,,,,-,.  .,t  ,  „.  ri.-i  .  '    '"'  i"<"'-f>^'- 


<»'!  IliP  iiijihil.iriil  the  Ml-|,t  s....|ns  t,,  ,.,,; 


^■■i.vs.   "Si,,,,.   tl„.n    (I.vv.,    ,    ,.„„    i,    „„,,     .M-,..-,s,.     SMiiM.lPrN 

■•'■^- ^''-'-...'ik's:'  ,,::::;:;:  •:;v''-^^^^^ 

si-n. ,.v..,., ,.„..■•  „ i. ,..,,„„ „„ „ ,„ ;  ,:t ,:,^ ';,  '■  ;•;-•'<' 

ntory  „.  ,„n,i.„  „,i,  .,,,„  ,„„ ^'        ■    -■  ."^m  o.  t.-t- 

"> -  '"^ -,i  ,i,„t  t.,..,-..  is  o  ,  M  :'v;'""' '"'""• 

i"   Ap.il.  .„„   ,v..  M,,vo  ,„.v..,-  ...,.„   i,  ,,,,",       ^  """■  """  """■ 
""•  >t"-'U:  p.n-ti,.i,„.,tin.'  I„   i,       „    ;     ,    i  '•■'•■  ""••''  ■•"■" 

Alto.-..tl„.r    it    will    |„.   ,..,,,  •    ,  ■""""  ^""  """■'■  '•<'-i'l""ts. 

H.jiilily   iindeist.Mi.l   tliiit    liiis   tti..i,i    ,>,     1 


' "^  '"'■  "■"'  -  i'  ^ '^  m,i,M.,..  i„  „ y  „,  i„ 


PI—,  in  .l,e  :uu,.ls  or  o,.Mitl,olo,v    i     ,0,  ,,,:,'    ,  '"   " '.   '"'  "^ 

TO.      * Arriinirr  ,■•„,,„  r,:~-(- of-.s  Il.-iwk 

..siL;;;'!;::;:::  :;::;;:•  ";■  i:-;"-";-"  -  ^- -  Visits  .0  „.... 

.■".•in.H,..si.n,..M:;:;:i...:; ,;;;';;:::;;;;.;;;;;;;;- ■■ - 

''"'- •'-•■■'•  r— .M.y^:-t;;.;;i,rr,;r::; 


liiivf.  iu>  otli(.r 
t!Mi7. 


n.    M 


'■'•'■"'■'"•  '"'■'■'■"/"7/».v.-A. ■!,.,,„   (Joshauk. 


ii»    iiM   ouici    SI  tor  I  ('V    wiipii    (  »,'f  J.i.t.    1  - 

''"'•'"•     "  ".-.s  not  fntll     ...f    -11?'  ""•■"'  ♦""  "'"'  "•■  '"" 

Kvo,|,e,-sO,        ",." .^    ■•'''"TT"'    "^'•"   •■"'-"    -"•"-.    f-.ll..w...I 

• -"■--:-- ■;:r;:;;;:j:;';;i:;\r;::r-:,;:;^ 

W,.     |,av..     „..V,.r     1„,„„|     ;,„y     „,■     ,[,,.     ;j„,,.^^^     „.„..„.,.„ 


'•ri;iiii,i,i     ill     iji,.     p, 


\n 


Thk  \Vn.snN   lUMXKT.N-No.  .; 


0. 


1SS2  one  <«t  ""  *^  1,,  Vttir.  wo  usu!ill>  M>"  ,,„  i,i,.,i      (;iivil- 

„.,,,s  one  Se„t.  ■^^.  ^^^   ^     ,,,  ,,,  ...  „at  ouo  ->  U^^-"^"  ^,  ^„,,. 

1  J^''''>""'     ,„,,,,j,,iv..r  tUissiK^MOS.     M>...  ,i.„r.M.  nv 

„oto.l  So,.t.  1  "'"'/'  '•..V-i.,„;.  and  au   iuuuature  nn^s  pi 
usti.U.n  al".ut  !.>'•  - 

""'"'"■'■''    '  ,      ^\^■^u  a  .l-/''"  ""^''  '""^'  ..'      VH.l      O.t.  U. 


1' 


,.,„„,.M.s     x..m(i  ,/"'"' 


iiiin 


Anu.ri.a.     U..«^l.  l."«."» 


HawU.  .,,  „„.  en.\..f  tU.-  Voiiit  as 

» ^ -:,-f,  :""»' ' "';:::;:;;.-" 

•■-'■'^rs;::::  ,.'--•" ■;;:;;•';:;;:;::« ." 

„,.,,.„,  a.ul  'j'^         _  ,,,v  ,„.s>.iv.-  as  t..  In  ^^_.^^^  ,„  „„.> 

,..,„  ,,„,l  ''Mily  si.iii.i.  '" 

on  tl,..  r'.i"""  sn.U  una.-.  ,s..,,,.nM.-MUaiaKa.'l.-. 

,,  „„„.,...'. '""" "'^:T:;:.:..,au..u  ....>.-«.' -'-'"', 

-■":::..";:::=  ;::■-  -:•:■;:•;;;:";:. ::::..'--  ;• 

iniall>   ""  ""  I,  ,,.,.,■  ill  a  siii.ui  i'  „„<  iiciit 

-■ "-""  ""■  "■■"'  11 '"  -1""  -'"  -""*■ "i"";u  n"  .>->-<^ 

<-'""  ""■•""•     •'  '"".?.'    .las...-    vv..    .......1.1    """;'•'".■     av.>  ......••' 

.->-"■:;:::,:•;:,.;:;..::. -''"''^,\^:;;:!:;.rui"»v-«>''-- 


']■ 


\\KK'.\i:i< 


■'^"'''^••'-■"-l:n«,,..,  ,:.,„.  , 


""•  '"'<"  /-..r  u  sl„.rt  ,va  i  "  ^""'  "' -  '■  I-I-mv  .1..,,        '  "^  'T''  ""^ 


£SH:F  """■=: -™?-^^^^  

T •'"•  '""-•  Ti„. si,.„ , ,  •'•  '■•"•'•  ^"i'^- 1" Mn.i ,, ,;,;:"' ''■■'■" '"■ 
;'"-  "'-K.  '.■M.-«i„J  '  h'  ")r "  :'"-^  -"  -.. .;. :  .•u'n'' 

...  iwr    ■,  X"  '":'■' '" " " :  ■ "" '"  ""•""-" 

'■•"-""<.  -..,  l^i.  'r  '""■•  —HI,.,,  „,,„  ,' ;  7'^:-"^  -'-ys 

'>• "-' " < ^ ..:':: ":"''^" """  '■'■""•"  -.;.:':  "-"■••" 

■'"     '"">   S,.,.f.    i;     ,,^ 

•n.,  „.„„„,,      ,,,'"•  '"'"""I  l•l..^..r  ,wn..|,  „,,s  ,  w.  '""'   •"""'  "' 

!:;'^'' --.;:;::;.:;■;.:;'-:::— yn.:;:;;.:'";!::;:;:"^-- 

'     '  '  "'"•"•■'I     111,.  ,,|„v,.r 


•tH 


(loili-'iiii; 


Tin:  Wii.si'N    '.'.rixin 


,X_X().   HO. 


A'„':iiii   In'  1'"' 


:('    mill    SWOiPli 


il.  :lli< 


I   ;i'_';iiii    ini^>"'< 


1.     Tliis  wiis 


tiiiK-*.   tlif   l.inl^   iliMwiui: 


a\v;\ 


V    iicirtli(';ist    t(i- 


:^;:v;;:r:::.rs« -::-"-'■■ - ■ 

;iin\  \v("  s;i\v  liiiii  iKi  nii'Vi'- 

-,,      ,„,,•„  ,s,..MnW».v.-An,.M-i,.M,   Spnl-n.w   UmwU. 

,.  ,i,i     i.  not  -I  .•oiinuot.  Iiiuvu  I'Vi.  .l.innu'  nn'.'ia- 

,,;:.':::r::„:";r:-r:,j;;/|.. ■•■. -■„,.,.. . ,..,... 


ol    ^.Tilll 

n.«    II 


I    tii'hi^  ii-iM'  ri"iii  liii"'  '"  """■  '"'"  "'""""'  "        .  , 

r^.     :.':    ,L  ...  ..ol-o.  -m,  so  n.v  in  v.i,,.  :,,,..  .Mivln. 


i;;::^;^;::;;':;^:;':::.-.-J ...n. --rr; 


IHrilimis 


siir.'li'   iiMliviiln.ils.   I 


\\„\vj\\   AiiLMist   21    1"   S<"|il. 


I„„   nnvly   iu..r-  thin.  si.,-..    ,.,.,,  j,,,,^  ,„.;„•  tlip  .■Mivinity  "f 

,i    ,.Ki7    il  ,..ur  h.m-^Miv.iin.UlM'  wii-t'"l''i""-s"   " 
„,.,.., in.  i.n.l  w..  sMW r  l.otl,  ,..M.l.v  .'v-n   .lii>. 

; r::.:;:v;:::;.:"s:;;=::i'':-Nv:;;^^^ 

;;::"r;;;;;:r;r;..ri.,.;;-;;.-;r::::r:::::;;: 
:;:'„;::,  C"n!,r'..r-:.:'™;.::';«-.- -- 

liiolfst  all  Osi.rcy. 

SI        \si,.o,rii,iln„,i^.     SlH.fl-anMl(»vvl. 

.- «■■  --  "••-;  ;-;:";;::;:;:jr-,;:'i;:;:,.::;:"v;';: 

;■;:;";::;.:::"-;::;;..: , •»■;;:;::■;::';;:■■■;::*;;;,:: 

;::,:;:;-i'';;;;;r;:;.,:;;:::i;..:':::i  Kh;:,:- 

^,„    ,s.   ,,H,T,  .,.  >nm..  may   mnain  Ihnmi-Mi  11,o»m,Im. 


.1 


♦  (»(»«  KM.,.     S(n'<'.li  <•"!.  _ 

,,,„lv  Mlllall  .n|.san.)ou..lnMay.  V.m-.,    1" 


111 aril  i-oi" 


,|,,||I.V     "11    IK'ill'l 

lirt't' 


ill  liKrlili'""!  il  i'''i-'i'    "■ 
plias 


l|,.|'.         r«..    IlilVf    iMM'll    tilUfll 


l..itli  til  way 


if  (iiir  |.lriisaii 


1,-sl   iiicliiDlir" 


.i|  Willi  tin-  |'r''ll> 


l!!ll«'  l>ii'<l.     As  "< 


(•  I'.iinl   IN'li'f  an'  <<'lill<"'- 
in  till.  .•Vfiiiiiu'. 


i,,l   in  our  l«'iil 


.iii*.iiiiii'ii<  iiii 


1  wiilliitf  thf  li"l< 


,f  t|„.  ,lay.  tiK'  sH.t.  tffiitly 


(1.. Kremlin-'  II' 


lln   of    il-      "111-' 


Wolllll    ll'il' 


il  iiiir  c.irs  inn; 


f!u=  !'!i==U 


li 


'■\  i:f<.\i;R  w  :  s 


WALKS,   (IN     It, 


KDS   OK    I'oiv,     J>,, 


IKK.       !l!l 


'^s  of  ril<>  woods 
illiswcriiifr  CI,  I,   „|||p,. 


■^x  llii'  n.tiil.     (>,•< 

■"•'•o-^s  the  ,Uvk  Ky,l(  „v..rl 


i"iiiilly  two  would  l><>  li,..-ird 


•wis.P.!  o,,|<  i„  i,,  „.,      ,  '     ■       "   'I     ■•'    l"MH.v.   st„„ted   m,,,! 

'■i^  >'- so,,.  ov.,.,.,d„v.sLrx  ;'''■' ""V''''"''''-'^^ 

"'".v  >"m;-'  d„Hs  i„  t,„.  won  ,.,,  '    •'" '  ''•^-  •"""""-•  ■•"... 

- '■■•- <s"r.-.:,i.::  ,:,,r;:; ;:'''''' '■''^'■'•''-^^ 

"'•^■■'" .ir.ossi,,,e;;;:n,.  :';;:;;,;:;/■; r'' ■'-'■' 

•"— 'r--,,...,.  Ti,.  ,„;,:,      ,';;;'-;<• -'-n :,  s,. wor 

•'•-'•X 'Ms  Sid...  :,,,d  to  ,d.J.,,:/;;j':i;;v'''' "''''• ''■•'■^■•''•''^ 

-^-n,.  wo,.,d-s,,,,.y,,,,,.,,,,,,,.Jv      ';-^^-^^^^^      , 

t'l.i.k s.    ,!,..   s,,„li,    .uv '"""."""-    •'   '"'>   w.tl,    it.   ,1,..   vPlvotv 

>'''■■■'•■ ''•■•''•'<in.i,;;o,,i,;;:;':;;;'';;'''''^"V' —..,.„. 

^•— 'iiiM.<th.,„.ws i     „'.,'■; '""•"■-«  s„,.,.o,.„d, 

'-•'= --.lis,:.:;;  ::s:  ;..::."7.:,""  ""•  "^  ^•""""-  "^-  ""-■ 

Not    .■:.„„„.,„.    1|,„„;;||    d.Mll.tl..ss    ;|    VO-n,.,,-    ,„: 

•'•■"■  ^"i-  ^■■•'-  »H«„,.„. s,  ;.;!■',  "''/''"''''•''■'•'"' 

";"■'■-""— -••■•iM. No,  -::.,::.;,  :;':r,,,!: 7""^ 

"'^:^ '-'■'• •'•- 1-..  I.....,, ..;:,,,.'  :;r  ■::■•  •"^""•""- 

r.'si.l..i,is  tlijit  i,  |„- 1^  -      '"'^    ''Md.Mi.-..  ,,■„,„   (lio 

■^l-      *\!i<l<,i   ,n„l,„.      Snowy  «i«!. 

<./';' S.'i;,:''^:':':,:';;;:::;::;'''^'''^  !''■■'' ■■ '— ..n..  ,..„.t„ 

*■■'■>■    '■■"■  o„    I,,.,,,.,  ,Iis„„. I.    ,,„,    .„„.,,:        •'"   ''■'    "        "   '""   "^"    "A 

'» -I,..  w,,,..s.  T, ,. .:„. ' '"'" " '■  <"■  "'I'"'-  .i..,s,,„  ,,,„  „,, 


'■oll(),iw.  imIs  .s.:i,| 


IM'S    H,.,',.    ||„v, 


"l^    tiilvHi,    «| 


''ICl  .ll.lllU'   il 


•"I  Ms..d.   IIm.ii:|i   III 


I"  vv.'iy.  Iiiit 


I'll'    U(.|-p 


toi'  mil 


IfllfV..,-     lM..|i|MM,..         \u 


'i.v  till!  >t:il,..  or 


I' 
'.•vof.il 


l.'ll.c 


'"^  iii.',n,isi  til..  I 


.^iii.wy    |,lii.|i..|.,. 


ll.iM 


nor.,   l.jcds 


Wi-v,'  n 


il"ll,\    .l;lss,.^   II, „|  M.||,,„ 


.■   foilM    1 


«'       S(.|.|| 


ll<"  "lilt 


'|l"l|...i       til;,,        „i|,,,,|.         I 


,111.1    of    ,|„,    |„...,,.||         ^, 


V. 


No 


s.'ii;  to  IIS 


AilK    .\\|\      i;mi7 


'""'■'•  "(MO  r..|M.r,...|  f, 


IMI.I    lll,.ltll..|'    Il 


•III   0,1.   ;;,i,    |,„ 


"'■    .'III    ,'lllllos, 


r  I! 


'  'ii"i' •.Iliuin   |>||, 


|.    n:i 


K-  I'-. 'MM in, I,.,.  ,.;■  ,|„,  „j,|,, 


III  I;;.. 


Tavekneh  .a.no  Suales,  on  Birds  of  Point  Pelee.  l:?3 


THE  BIRDS  OF  POINT  I'KLKi:. 

UV    p.    A.   TAVER.-VEB   AM)    H.    H.    SWAr.KS. 

(Continued  from  paw  !)!).) 
8.-..  *C„crin„.  an<rrica,n,..~^^eUn^v-hilM  r„,-k,H. 

l"nN  have  been  ovprhmke,]    .w   i„   h.  ,       .  '•'"*''•'■  '"*«'• 

1.-  ,1.,', i, 1  ,;  ,,;;,'"■■  ■■""";"'  •""■■' "■■"■n  .....i.-.- 

"™..-...^.*«  ■^,n,,I:^;:;;;:;;;:\:;r ,::;:,;::  ;:;!;;■■;"'■: r 

^  I'M'"     iM    nicll     tiniil    Sll|)|i|v 

^Z'zz:::z  ;':",:';;•••''  ■'""^" """"""  -•••"'^'>-  ■-^^■^  >... 

_  poMUwl,    ,.,..,„„...,.   „o„..   ,,„.,.  ,„„.   se„leu.l.or 


■T.'>y- 


134 


TUK     WlI^lN      nULl.KlIN X(1.     (!1. 


S7.     Crrylr  a/ri/o».— Reltcd  Kingfisher. 

raivly   toiiiinou.     Very   soldoiii   ^ecn   ovit   tlic    liikc.   Imt   we   liavo 
scarcely  ever  'isitod  tlio  ixiiidi-'.  without  sociii?;  oiio  or  iiinn'.    We  liavf 
iiii't   with   no    indications  of  tlieir   lireodinu  oi.    tlio    Point.   Imt    llic 
hanks  of  tlie  dylies  near  tlio  base  offer  a  consenial-lookini;  lialiitat. 
SS.     Dviiohatcs   vilUiKus. — Ilairv  Woodpecker. 

Woodpeckers,  as  a  class,  are  scane  on  tlie  Point  ;  and  tlils  partic- 
ular sjiecies  is  rare.  Why  tids  slmnld  lie  so  we  iire  nnalile  to  snr- 
ndse.  There  is  ]il(>n(y  of  heavy  w(>odland.  witli  a  normal  amount  of 
dead  and  dyinj:  tindit-r  scattered  tliron.'li  it.  anil  tlie  comparative  ali- 
sence  of  this  usually  common  species  is  one  of  tlie  interest ini;  phc- 
nonieiia  of  the  locality.  Keays  noted  on  Septemher  HI,,  litoi,  and 
we  ohserved  one  sinnle  hird  .March  1".  I'.MIT.  It  Is  likely  that  they 
would  he  found  more  commonly  dniiiiii  the  winter  months. 
8!).     Drjdhales  pnhigcciin  'nriUaini-<. — Northern  Downy   Woodpecker. 

With  the  execiition  of  the  Mickor  the  I>owny  is  the  commonest 
woodpe<'ker  on  the  Point.     It  was  rare  durin-'  Si'ptemlun'.   r.Mi.",  hut 
at  all  othc  times  we  have  noted   from  one  to  ten   individuals  each 
day. 
!>0.  *Siih!iiainciis    rariiis. — Yellow-liellied    Sai>sucker. 

Wc  have  ^'enerally  missed  tlie  heitrht  of  the  mlLrrations  of  this 
species  at  the  Point,  v.  hidi  occur  earlier  in  the  -^iiriii,'  and  later  in 
the  fall  than  the  dali-s  of  the  majority  of  our  visits.  We  noted  a  few 
.May  i;!-i4.  l;Hi,"(.  and  one  the  tirst  of  the  fidlowin^;  Septemher.  Keays 
reports  it  as  increasim;  from  two  on  the  IStli  to  one  hundred  on  the 
L'isl  of  .'<eplemlier,  I'.mi.  We  s.iw  none  ihiiinL:  the  .^UL'iist-Septemlier 
visit  of  I'.KiT.  hut  Octoher  1  1.   I'.MH'..  we  noted  ei.'lit  oi    ten  Individuals. 

r.xriNCT. 

rmitliln  Ks   pilciitiis   iil}iiiii-(il(i.  —  N'nrlheni    Pileated    >Voodpecker. 

.\n  ohl  resident,  a  man  nf  ai  ^iit  seventy  years  nf  au'o.  informed  us 
that  in  his  lioyhood  the  "Cock  of  the  Woods"  was  not  uncommon,  hnr 
he  had  not  seen  any  for  il  jiood  niaiiy  years.  No-.e  of  the  present 
shooters  rememher  ever  seeiim  (>ne.  mi  it  N  likely  th.'it  the  species 
has  heen  I'XtiiK't  on  the  Point  for  somethim;  in  the  nelu'hhorhood  of 
thirty  years. 
1(1.   "Ml  Itlin  I  III  s   I  rnllniii'i'iihdliis.'  -  Ited-headed    Wmidpecker. 

We  have  found  the  Ued-heMiled  Woodpecker  common  on  .all  May 
trips,  hut  scarce  mI  other  times  mi  tlie  Puint.  tliiMi'.;h  colnddently  it 
was  often  coiiiiiion  on  the  Mdjolnini;  mainhiiid.  In  SeplemhiM"  of 
1!KC).  we  s,-,\v  Imt  one  tuid.  on  the  c,t|i.  Diirhcr  the  vame  month  of 
the  two  siicieediiiL'  years  they  were  more  numerous  and  we  saw  one 
or  nuu'e  several  times  diiriiii.'  each  visit.  Our  latest  date  is  Octnher 
H,  llHiti.  when  one  «as  observed.     .None  were  seeu  in  March,  P,J(IT. 


T.WKKNKK  AM)  S\v.\i,i;s,  (i\   P.iRhs  uF  I'oiNT  Pei.i;i:.  l:i:) 


02.     'Cohiiili'x  aiiniliis  /»/c»v.— Xi.rtlioni  FlicUof. 

Not  couirrioii  duriu.'  oiir  .\r.iy  dates.  Those  st-eii  then  likf'ly  rep- 
resciil  the  hrccdini.'  pnpnlMliun.  One  soon  Mmi-cU  0,  i;iii7.  luiriii;; 
Sciiloiiilicr  it  h:is  ahvays  hocu  ono  of  the  iiiOKt  almiiilant  hirds  of  tlic 
Toiiit.  Keays  ro|M>i-ts  a  lli^ht  in  l'.)0|  when  he  noted  lour  hundred 
Se|iteniher  HI. 

The  Shari>-shin  lliu!  '•  discoin.noded  this  speeies  less  than  any  other 
species  of  sMiMll  hirds.  'nie  riirUrrs  never  resorted  to  conceahiient  of 
an.\-  khid  as  other  birds  did.  l)iit  freipiented  the  most  ronspiiuoiis 
phices  in  tlie  dead  trees,  from  wlien^'e  tliey  .shrieked  their  loudest, 
as  is  tlieir  wont.  'l"hoiii;h  at  times  they  seemed  uneasy  and  restless, 
they  were  (lerfeclly  ahle  to  t.ike  <-,ire  of  themselves  and  e.isily  made 
their  escape  when  attarked.  On  the  other  hand  the  hawks  seemed 
aware  of  the  fulilily  of  sur.es^fnl  pursuit,  and  after  a  few  lialf- 
he.arted  dashe-  usually  desisted.  Ihe  usual  course  of  proeeediire  of 
the  Flieker,  when  attarked  hy  a  hawk,  was  to  w.ait  until  the  last 
minute,  when  the  hawk,  in  its  swoop,  was  just  ;ihout  to  seize  Its 
victim,  and  then  dodire  .niickly  to  the  other  side  of  the  limli.  In 
every  case  observed  the  rtise  worked  jierfectly.  and  we  found  ordy 
ome  the  feather  rem.ains  which  proved  that  once  in  a  while  the  h.-iwk 
was  a  little  too  ipiirk  for  the  Tlii  kef. 
!•.!.   *\iilr<.iitniiiiis   '•'(/■o//;(.  )(.v(.v.— Cinn-k-wills-widow. 

The  (•.•iptnre  of  this  |,ird.  May  1.M,  1!mm;,  hy  Flciniii.-.  in  tlie  red  r^e- 
dar  thickets  near  the  end  of  the  I'oint,  forms  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting' rect»rds  for  I'elee  and  one  thai  is  unique  In  Creat  Lakes  nrni- 
tholoiry.  The  bird  was  llu-lied  from  near  the  roadviil..  a!  the  feet  of 
rieniiiii:  ami  Swales,  and  IM  atrain  iti  full  vi(>w  of  ihian  botli  ami 
e.-ilndy  waiteil  for  them  to  warn  Taverner  out  of  the  line  of  tire  and 
then  collet  it  in  due  form.  'I'he  bird  was  a  male  ami  forms  the  first 
Catiadian  record  (if  tlie  sperie<.  See  ,Vuk.  .\.\lll,  t  I'ii.  ;M.;. 
!U.   *  \iitro><toinii.s  rf»-//(M/.«.-. -Whip  poor-will. 

.\  (ominoi!  bird.  We  have  alv.ays  heard  one  or  more  dtirlm:  the 
May  iiiuhts.  while  in  .amp  in  the  red  ,c,lar  Ihbkets.  when  they 
wiuild  repeat  their  pl.iinlive  refrain  tmtil  early  in  the  nmrnim,'.  lii 
our  various  September  visits  we  h.ave  usually  found  them  more  or 
less  coinmnn,  but  at  that  season  they  are  mu<h  .luieter,  and  s,.|,iom 
do  more  than  eall  a   few  times  in  the  early  eveniui,-  ;ind  then  rease. 

Soinelinu's  one  will  bo  he.ird  .'i-ain  lhr.mi.-li  III.'  nl.'lil.  bnl  mor Ion 

not.  Sept.'mber.  HmC.  be-iimin-  ih,.  jih.  w.'  saw  fn.rn  one  1..  six  .iiitil 
Ihe  i:ah.  when  a  ;.'real  lli-ht  ,,f  ih.Mn  appi;uv,|  .,n  the  I'lu'nl.  That 
day.   In  the  r.'.l  .-•.lar   Ihi.kets   uiMr  th.-  extrcmily   of   li„-   l'..inl.   we 

tinshe.l    thirty   hetw.'cn    twelv.'   an. I    half  pa-l    ,,n.-    in    Ih.-   .afleri n. 

They  all  left  thai  ni-ht.  as  th.'  m'\t  d.ay,  ..n  th  sam.'  i;r..un.l.  we 
were  ahle  to  put  ii].  but  three. 


r-r-^:;^  yB^^^mm 


13G 


Tin:   \\'iLS()N    Bui,i-i:tin— Xo.   (11. 


One  evoiiintc,  just  us  the  dusk  was  darkeiiiii'^  into  iiislit,  a  Wliip- 
IK)or-wiIl  was  heard  near  the  cami).  Wo  slolo  out,  and  the  liinl  was 
located  in  a  lariie  bare  walnut  treo  in  tlio  oiicn  linsh  whoro,  lookin:.' 
up  against  tlie  stiil  faintly  illuminated  s^ky,  it  could  be  plainly  made 
out,  sittin;,'  len^'thwise,  as  is  their  fashion,  on  a  rather  larf;e  and  .-i! 
most  horizontal  branch.  It  renniined  perfectly  motionless  excejit  for 
an  occasional  jerk  of  its  white  blotilied  tail,  when  it  save  vent  in- 
termittently to  a  jruttural  "Khick."  Tliese  notes  were  repeated  at  ir 
regular  intervals  of  perhaps  half  a  minute,  several  times  and  then, 
without  start  or  warning,  it  liiunched  away  into  the  air,  starting  otT 
Immediately  at  full  si»eed,  with  a  drop  tliat  carried  it  in  a  hirge, 
even  circle  half  way  to  the  ground,  and  then  up  on  the  same  curve, 
to  vaidsh  in  the  gloom  of  the  trees.  'I'lien  it  appeared  on  the  other 
side,  swinging  down  on  lixed  wings  in  great  elliptical  curves  :is 
though  whirled  from  tlie  end  of  a  cord,  perfectly  s^ilent  in  tliglit  and 
threading  the  dusky  mazes  of  the  tree  tops  witli  the  utmost  conti- 
dence  and  precision.  Here  and  there  it  rapidly  wheeled,  without  an 
apparent  stroke  of  the  wing,  now  comiic:  into  view  in  the  lower  arc 
of  its  great  circling,  and  then  vanishing  silently  again  on  the  up- 
ward sweep  on  the  other  side.  .\s  suddeidy  as  it  started,  it  ceased  in 
tlie  middle  of  a  swing  and,  wliile  the  eyes  vainly  seanhed  for  the 
dark  object  along  the  continuation  of  its  course,  it  was  seated  again 
on  the  branch  from  whicli  it  lirst  sprang  silent  and  still.  This  was 
reiMjated  several  times,  and  then  it  was  J.-ini-d  by  anothe''.  inid  the 
two  circled  aliotit  like  great  soft,  gliding  b.;ts  lOii';!  tl;,-  sky  above 
grew  i=o  dark  that  their  movements  could  no  lan^'er  he  watched. 

The  latest  date  we  have  for  the  species  is  October  11.  I'.Wm;.  when 
one  was  seen.     During   the   .\ugnst-Scptenilier   trip  of   1!HI7   but  one 
bird  was  noted,  straggling  along  after  ;i   bunch  of  .N'iiihthawks  tli.it 
were  making  their  way  out  the  Point  on  their  southern  migration. 
!l.".  *Cli(iii!cilc.i   rirfiiiiiiiiiii.t. — Night liawk. 

Common  on  till  spring  visits,  but  in  tlie  l.ill  it  is,  only  the  strag 
^lers  that  arc  -^een  after  September  1.  In  V.nCt  we  s.iw  one  solitary 
bird,  September  S,  and  another  the  IL'lli.  In  HHii  a  few  were  seen 
September  1-:'.,  and  another  single  the  isth.  All  the  early  fall  mi- 
grants of  r.H»7  were  a  little  late,  and  this  species  was  observed  cdui 
nionly  passing  southward  every  day  until  .Viignst  L'T,  when  tliey  l'v.iiI 
tinlly  thinned  nut  and  the  last  was  noted  the  I'ltli  of  Septendier.  Very 
few  seem  to  do  nnu-li  feeding  when  p.issin:.'  alony  the  I'oint  on  thc'i' 
soullnvard  migration;  all  then  seen  are  ^le.-nlily  wln::lng  their  way 
stniight  sotith  and  but  octa^ionMll.\  nniking  the  i)rielest  side  excur- 
sicm   for  I'assing  insects, 

'.III.     Chntiiia  iKld'tivil — Cliinuiey   Swift. 
Couiujon  on  all  trips  except  those  of  October  and  March.     Septcm- 


\ 
i 


■w^~ 


■MMmmi^^^ 


mm-J^^'I^M'wl 


ViSKfj&^i 


i 


I  WFKNKK    AND    SwAI.ES,   ON    P.IRJJS    OF    POIXT    Pki.EE.    1;!; 

ber  15  to  22,  in(i(!,  tlipy  were  scarcer  tliaii  ui^ual  nnd  tlic  ten  f  ecu  on 
the  lOth  were  doubtless  the  last  of  the  iiiaiii  body  of  iiiij;raiits.  as 
this  IS  our  l!!test  date. 

!>".  *Tioclnliis  fo/H/</i.v'.— Ruby-throated  Huiiiniini;bird. 

Common  on  all  May  dates  and,  in  tlie  fall,  to  Septenilier  21.  lltOti. 
the  latest  date  in  tliat  month  that  we  have  been  on  the  Point.  Tiie 
first  three  days  of  Ser)tend.er  in  I'.^tiiJ  were  notable  for  the  vast  ninn- 
bers  of  Ilunnners  iirescnt.  In  certain  low  shisliinss  in  tlie  open 
woods  were  luxuriant  growths  of  Jewel  Weed  ( /;«/,H/i<  •,.>•  s//.'i 
standiuR  nearly  shoulder  hish  and  so  dense  that  to  ente,"  it  one  had 
to  force  his  way  throu-h.  It  was  simply  spanned  with  blossoms,  and 
all  alxmt  and  over  it  hovered  and  darted  hundreds  of  Ihunmin-birds. 
From  some  little  distance,  as  wo  approa.'licd  su.ji  clumps,  we  were 
aware  of  innumerable  little  twitterin;:s  tli;it  followed  c:ich  other  so 
rapidly  as  to  scarce  be  separable,  one  from  another,  and  so  fine, 
sliarp,  and  hi;.'h  in  iiitch  that  it  took  a  little  elTort  to  realize  that  it 
was  real  sound  and  not  inia urination  or  a  rimrin;:  in  the  ears.  Tn- 
derlyim;  this  was  a  low  limn  tliat  arose  from  tlie  vibrations  of  many 
little  winiis.  .\p|iroacbini,'  closer,  the  piiL-na.  inus  little  mites  were  all 
about  us.  <hasinf,'  each  otiier  over  the  smooth  rounded  surla<e  of  the 
.jewel  weed  or  dartin;.'  an^'rily  at  us  from  this  side  or  that,  with  ftiri- 
ous  chatlerinu's  that  made  one  instinctively  cover  the  e.ves.  or  invol- 
tnitarily  llinrli  at  the  expected  impact  of  their  sharp,  rapier-like,  lit- 
tle bills.  If  a  llunmiin^'bird  were  lar;.-cr  ;ind  still  retained  its  same 
awressive  si.irit  in  proportion  to  its  increased  size,  it  would  be  posi- 
tively dani-'crons  to  stray  into  Its  liiumts.  As  it  i«.  such  .Muccn- 
Irated  wrath  wrai.ped  up  in  so  small  an.l  impotent  n  bodv,  tempts 
one  to  coin  a  new  simile  for  futile  ra^-e  and  sa.v.  -.Vs  mad  iis  an  an- 

-'■■'*;    ''•' ''ii-'liinl":    and    stron^ily    recalls    Iteethoven's    composition. 

••Wrath  at  the  Loss  of  .i  "..nny."  On  remainiuR  perfectlv  still  for  n 
few  moments  the  turnioi,  icsultant  uiH)n  our  infrusion  subsided  and 
the  disturbed  proprietors  of  the  place  w-nt  about  their  business  and 
their  i.lcasure  reu-ardin-.-  us  no  more  thiin  :inv  ,,i|ier  iKture  of  the 
laml.scape  or  the  trees  and  stumps  about  them.  Some  sat  preenin- 
their  feathers  on  a  twi::  ..f  a  bare  branch  that  projected  throu-h  the 
sreen  mass,  or,  on  a  hii:li  spray  of  the  jewel  w.-ed  Itself,  |,,,ssin;:  their 
wmss  thr..u;:li  their  delicate  mandibles  and  rapin-  off  intlnitesimal 
particles  of  dust.  Others  busied  themselves  a'lont  the  tlowers  that 
bh.ssonicl  ill  such  profusioi..   pr..biii-  every  cup  to  se.-  whether  or 

not   some  dr,.p   of   nectar   lia.l   not    been    left    by   previous  ex ers 

Often  two  would  rise  ..ver  opposite  sides  of  an  obstructiiii:  m.ass  ,,f 
■e«i.:;li„.,  iind  meet  fa.  e  t,.  lace  at  the  to,..  Then  thev  would  dasj, 
towar.'.;  cnci,  other,  s.pieakin;:  and  bridling'  with  ra^-e.  Imf  pist  be- 
fore t||,.  fii,,ii  ,.,,:.^i„„  .,,„,  „.,,p„  ,,„,  .|  ,.^^^^j  ^^|.  ^^^  ^^^^^^^^    ^1^^^^   ^^^^^^^^^ 

both  rise  in  the  air  vertically,  their  bodies  lian;:ih-  straiL-bt"  n.,  .hwJ 


m^^m. 


^.^M^^ 


fe^g^^^^^l??^^ 


■    i 


1.18 


Till-:  Wii.soN    r.ti.r.KTiN— No.  (>1. 


down,  thoir  wiiiirs  a  liliirry  film  on  either  siile.  iinij  tlieir  voices 
scineakiu!;  defiatice  ns  lljey  fareci  eadi  otiicr  and  rose,  scmietiini's  to 
tlie  liei^'lit  of  tlio  tree  lops,  and  once  we  walclied  a  coupie  pa«s  roni 
pletel.v  out  of  si^'lit  over  our  lieads.  'I'lien.  as  ir  tiy  connnon  consent, 
tliey  would  drop  to  eartli  iiLrain.  and  seelc  dilTercnt  parts  of  ijie  wee.l. 
Tills  was  repeated  over  ami  over  aL:,iiii  and  soiMeliiiies  l.y  the  same 
individuals.  Kacli  time  there  was  tlie  same  an.:i>  da^h.  t lie  same  ci-oss 
recriiniiiation  and  the  same  mnliial  retreat.  Somel  lines  there  w>.iild 
he  several  sui-h  lialanced  <-oiiples  in  tlic  air  at  one  tunc,  and  we  saw 
tlie  ••iclion  ri>p<'ated  many  times  hi  .-i  few  minules.  Tiie.v  quarreled 
intermiiiahly,  and  whenever  two  met.  whether  they  soared  or  not. 
there  was  a  furious  siKcession  of  little  si|ueaUs.  hlendiii;;  toi:ether 
into  a  sort  of  little  soni;,  soniefliiiit;  Iil<e  tliis,-  "tsi  tsr  /xc  ^s■,  Isr  Isr 
/*•(•  Isc  Isr."  The  t;ronps  of  squeaUs  ran  into  each  other  so  that  it 
sounded  almost  like  a  .■^u.'^lained  in  te  and,  as  tlie  j.'ronps  varied  a  lit- 
tle ill  pitch,  it  m;ide  a  not  unpleasant  -n,::i;cstinn  of  ,-i  son:.'. 

All  these  hirds  were  .jineiiile^.  Swales  no!e<l  Inil  one  with  tlie 
nihy  throat,  and  Taverner  one  willi  hat  a  sliu'le  metallic  fcatlier  set 
like  a  ^'eiii  in  its  ^:or,i:ct 

The  succeeding,'  May  we  had  aiioihcr  interest iu^'  (>\peiieni  e  with  a 
Iliiiniiiinirhird  that  w.is  iiiuch  a:.'i:iic\(>d  at  mir  presence  at  his  jiar- 
ticnlar  spot.  He  tlew  towards  us.  .  Idini;  willi  vi-ur,  his  ruliy 
tlifojit  i.'leaniiiiu'  in  the  sun.  When  \i-.\  .  few  fei't  away,  and  directly 
facin;,'  us.  it  paustMl.  ,-nid  swiiiii:  hack  and  forth  across  our  path, 
.•iloni:  an  ;irc  of  .a  rinlc  ;is  if  swuim  on  Ihe  arm  of  a  lon^'  invisihle 
pendulum.     The  anqilitnde  of  tlie  swinir  was  al.out   luenly   feet   and 

each  he.at  was  rei:nlarly  timed  and  si led  to  he  healiii'.'  seconds.  For 

ahout  half  a  minute  he  kept  it  tiji  and  tiien  dashed  away  and  disap- 
peared over  ihe  hush  tojis. 

The  l.-ist  of  .ViiLMist  ;ind  the  lii-st  of  Seplemher.  llldT.  saw  no  siiili 
nunihers  of  liummers  as  descrihcd  aliove.  The  early  iiiiu'rants  w  er-' 
late  in  siartin^'  this  season,  and  it  w.-is  ii,,t  uiilil  Scptemher  li.'l.  tliv- 
last  day  of  our  stay,  that  there  wa-  any  indii-.ation  of  nunihers  of 
iiiiirraiits,  I'p  to  then  we  had  se(>n  hut  oii(>  or  two  each  day.  run- 
ning' up  to  live  .\n-ust  i;7.  Tlie  last  d.i.v.  however,  in  the  early  morn 
iiij.'.  fifty  were  ohserved.  Tlicv<'  wi're  no  surh  -nrwths  of  .jewel  weed 
as  were  seen  the  fall  hefore.  even  In  the  pl.nes  where  it  then  trrew 
so  luxuri.-intiy.  and  hut  lililc  p,-itc||..s  ,,r  u  ||,.re  and  tliere  reminded 
us  of  last  year's  priories.  Wh.-il  Hummers  we  did  sec  were  .ahout  these 
little  clumps. 

Keays  noted  that  in  Iftfil  the  Hiiinmin.i;hlid  was  the  only  spwies 
that  did  not  turn  hack  w  h  in  mi^'r:ilin-  out  the  Point,  it  reached 
the  end.  We  verilied  this  many  limes.  The  liiial  end  of  the  Point 
stretclies  mit  for  .-i  conidc  of  hundred  n.ds.  in  ih(>  form  of  a  lon^'.  low. 
more  or  less  winding'  and  atienn.ited  sand  siiit.    .Stationed  iihout  half 


-H 


^m^mm^hj'^mmiism^^^mmmj^^^ 


'r.wKKNKK  AM)  Sw.xr.ics,  (i\   I'.iKDs  OK  PdixT  Tkiki:.  1 :{!) 


way  out  oil  this,  it  was  must  iimiisiii!,'  to  watili  tlic  lidle  niitPs  como 
Inizziiif,'  over  the  last  of  the  reil<f.lar  Imshcs  and  tlicii  drop  down 
towards  the  {innmd  iiiid.  witlimit  jiauso  m-  hosiiatioii,  follow  ovory 
wiiidiM};  of  (ho  ('vcr-chaiii.'iiij,'  sand  to  its  (.xticme  end.  and  then,  witli 
a  sudden  and  resolute  turn,  siinare  away  for  I'elee  Island,  jusl  visi 
hie  on  the  linrizon.  I»r.  Jones  was  stationed  on  tlie  opiiosite  islands 
from  AiiL,"  :.'<;  to  Septoinher  1'.  I!mi.-.  and  makes  the  follow  Ini.'  state- 
nient  as  to  the  movements  of  the  speeies  <iver  the  waters  of  the  lake: 
■■lIuninHni,'hirds  were  |iassin-  rhiriiiu'  the  dayli-'ht.  and  all  those  noted 
were  llyiuf:  very  low.  In  fact  they  droiiped  down  hetween  the  waves 
for  protection  from  the  wiml.  which  was  .piarterim.'.  or  at  riu'ht  an- 
^'l.'s  to  their  line  of  ili-ht  and  seemed  t,)  disturh  them,  i  nothed 
that  in  the  stronir  westerly  wind,  all  hirds  headed  southwest.  Iiut  al- 
w;iy>  drifted  south." 
'.)S.   '>'li/niiiiiiif!  luniiiinis. — Kintrhird. 

Conunon  on  all  May  visits,  in  Septemher,  llMi.",.  the  hulk  of  the 
species  had  left  when  we  arrived  on  the  :;d.  and  we  saw  iait  two  the 
iie.xt,  and  one  each  on  the  two  succ |in-  days.  The  iie\t  year.  Sep- 
tember 1.  we  saw  a  little  Hock  of  al.oiit  twenty  on  the  mainland  dur- 
ing'our  ride  out  to  the  I'oint,  and  four  more  on  the  relin'n  trip  on  the 
•Ith.  hut  none  were  noted  on  llie  I'oinf  its(df  at  that  time.  On  our 
return  on  the  l.-.th  of  the  same  month  .-dl  had  L'one.     In   i;niT.  when 

we  arrived  .\u;.Mist  :.'l,   Kin:,'l.irds  were  very  con i  and  distrihnted 

all  over  the  I'oint  and  the  ad.joiiun-  inaiul.ind.      K.ich  d.-iy   hron-ht 

more,  until  hy  the  JTtli   there  were  .i  i.-reater  nun r  of  Kin:.'hirds 

present  than  any  of  ns  had  ever  seen  at  <me  iinie  hefore.  Mo.sf  of 
them  were  in  the  waste  cle,irhi;,'s  near  the  end  of  the  I'oint.  where 
at  times  we  saw  flocks  nnmhorini;  hundreds  of  individuals.  The 
<lea(l  trees  scattered  alK)ut  the  ed:.'es  of  those  clearin-s  wer  ■  at  all 
times  more  or  less  tilled  with  them  and  it  was  no  nnconunon  si-ht  to 
see  from  lifteen  to  twenty  in  one  small  tree.  The  I'Oth  s.-.w  the  cul- 
mination of  the  tli-ht.  ami  when  we  went  out  in  the  morinn-  of  the 
::iith  we  founil  that  the  hulk  of  the  kin-hirds  had  left,  and  w(>  saw 
hut  a  few  scattered  indiviiluals.  where  the  day  hefore  there  were 
hundreds.     They  kejit  ste.-idily  diminishhi-  in  nnmlier.s   until   Septem- 


her 


when  we 


next   niorniiii:.   heli 


and  decided  that  the  l;ist  hail  left,  hut  tli^ 


>re  wc  liroke  camp. 


one  of  the  f;trin   house 


saw  t.\()  in  the  fields  near 


Likely  these  were  the  List  si 


ra;.'i.'leri- 


".«1.     *M)/i,IITlll 


en  N  it  II. 1. — ( 


rested  Flycatehor. 


On    nearly   all    visits 
late    f.all    (Octohen. 


I'pl    lh( 


of  e.irU 


spi'niL 


we    have    I'onml    the   Crested    I'l 


eonnnon.     The  hulk  seenis  to  leave  hefore  th 


;    (.March  I    and 
.Matcher    fairlv 


Our  latest   record   is  Septemher   1.",   I'.Xii;,  tluniirh    Kea 
lite  as  the  I'.ith,  1!.h)1. 


e  middle  of  Septemlii 


ys  lists 


MO 


TiiF.  Wii.soN'  rici.Lr-.TiN-— No.  Gl. 


100.  *Sa!iof)iin  phirltc. — I'ha'be. 

Reiruliir  luit  not  very  <oiiiinon.  Wo  have  iieviT  licoii  alile  to  rci-ox- 
iiizf  liny  (Jooided  luitfratioiial  an:.'iiient.ition  of  their  runnliors  anil 
likely  tlio  few  tliat  we  have  seen  on  most  of  our  trip-)  repres-ent  tlie 
resident  sinnnier  population.  The  >rreatest  nuinlier  we  liave  ever 
n<)le<l  one  day  was  ei;.'ht.  Ocloher  H.  1!Km;.  I'snally  we  do  not  see 
more  than  one  or  two.  and  those  not  every  day,  and  usually 
"•lose  to  one  vicinity,  in  the  nei;:liliorliood  of  some  of  tlie  farm  liuild- 
lufTs.  They  are  likely  niemliers  of  llie  same  family,  seen  repeat- 
edly. Our  latest  date  i>  the  .ahove.  Octoher  11.  which  likely  falls 
within  the  season  of  their  mii,'ralional  movement  aloiii;  the  Point. 

101.  *\iittalli>niis  horrnlii. — Olive-sided  I'lycatcher. 

This  is  by  no  means  a  common  llyi-atcher  in  this  vicinity,  nor  >vas 
it  noted  at  the  Point  until  the  fall  of  1!»im;,  when  one.  two.  and  one 
were  noted  Septendier  1.  2  and  :;  resi.ectlvely,  jnid  one  taken  the  2i\. 
On  tlie  last  day  of  onr  return  trip.  Septemlier  L'L',  durin,'  our  drive 
in,  another  was  seen  lieforo  we  left  tlie  I'oint.  on  tlie  topmost  tip  of  a 
dead  tree.  \n  attempt  was  made  to  collect  it,  hut  without  sm-cess. 
May  :'.l,  UK)7,  another  was  secured  aloiii:  the  cross-road  ne.ir  camp 
and  the  same  fall  six  in  all  were  noted  or  taken  .Vu^'ust  2<;  .aiid  'J'.l 

The  Olive-sided  is  the  most  wary  of  our  llycatchers.  Sittlmr  on  tlie 
tip-top  of  some  dead  tree,  well  out  in  the  o)icn.  it  can  study  the 
ground  for  some  dist.ince  about  and  allows  nothing.'  suspicious  to  ap- 
proach too  clos<>ly.  T'sually  (iiiiet  and  undemonstrative,  it  will  once 
in  a  while  launch  out  after  some  jiassin^'  iiise(  t  and  then  return 
again  to  tlie  same  pen-h.  So  situated,  it  presents  the  general  apjiear- 
ance  of  a  dark  colored  kingbird:  but  the  daik  blotches  of  the  sides 
stand  out  prominontly  in  contrast  with  the  light  <olored  center  breast 
line  and  will  identify  it  without  f.'iil  as  soon  as  a  moderately  good 
view  is  obtained.  I'mler  the  wing,  on  each  side  of  the  back,  and  usu- 
ally under  the  se-omlaries  wlien  the  wing  is  folded  are  iiatches  of 
alnmst  ptire  white  downy  iilumage,  wiih  a  peculiar  silky  sheen.  ,\t 
times  these  are  thrown  over  the  folded  wing.=i  foniiing  tiaring  while 
patches  against  the  dull  oliv."  liackground  of  the  rest  of  the  lioily, 
making  a  most  distinctive  and  striking  field  ni.irk.  This  species  be- 
comes very  much  att.iched  to  certain  j.erches  aTid  can  be  found  re- 
peatedly day  after  day  doing  videlte  duty  on  such  favored  stations. 
There  are  two  or  three  trees  on  the  Point  that  were  .so  occupied  in  the 
fall  of  I'.KH;  and  again  in  liXiV,  and  when  one  of  the  occupants  was 
shot  it  was  only  ;i  little  while  bcl'ore  another  was  s<H>n  In  the  same 
place.  These  were  hy  no  means  the  only  perches  ol  the  kind  in  the 
neighborluKid.  There  weie  many  others  standing  well  oiit  in  the 
open,  and  to  hum.in  eyes  just  as  suitable  as  those  chosen,  but  which 
we  never  saw  occupied.     Wlien  disturbed  from  one  statiou  they  will 


'I'\\i.i;m:k  and  S\\.\i.i:s,  on   Bikds  of  Puint  l  i^i.ee.  Ill 


*    II      « 


ll.v  to  anotlior.  aiiil  when  two  or  luoie  are  discovpri'd  a  liinl  can  ho 
k(>|it  ll.viii:.-  liarU  and  foitli  I'roiii  one  to  tli(>  otlior  many  tinu's.  Their 
voice  is  liiud  and  noisy  and  llieir  •'O-wlit-o"  can  lie  very  easily  niis- 
lalien  lor  tlie  lil<o  call  of  tlie  ("rested  Flycatdier  before  one  is  famil- 
iar will    it. 

lie  *If-,riz'ii)iis  rirriin. — ^Vood  I'ewee. 

Connn.in  in  tlie  siirini;  and  very  almndanl  in  the  early  days  ot  tail. 
It  is  evident  that  tlie  lirst  tall  nioveiiient  <i(  this  species  hcijins  early 
in  the  season.  I  lie  2Hh  of  .\ui.'iist.  I'.MIT,  we  loinid  the  wooils  „t  the 
I'oiiit  already  in  pi^s-esion  ,,1'  iiiiumierable  hosts  ot  Wmid  I'ewees, 
and  llirou'-'li  early  September  we  have  always  found  them  the  most 
piniiiiiicnt  bird  in  the  landscape.  Tiieir  voices  can  be  heard  any  hour 
ol  the  day  ntterini;  their  patlieticaliy  [ilainfive  note;  and  often  in 
the  ni^lit,  as  we  have  lain  awake  in  the  tent,  some  I'ewee  has 
aron^ed  itself  and  a  Ion.:;  drawn  "iiewce"  has  punctuated  the  darkness 
Willi  its  soft  sweetness.  In  UMC.  it  remained  common  until  Septem- 
ber ;•.  when  the  luilk  dejiaricd.  but  a  number  were  noted  until  we  left. 
the  llth.  In  l!Mii;  the  numbers  v'ladually  decre.ased  after  September 
li>,  but  simie  nnnibprs  were  still  present  at  the  time  of  our  depart- 
ure, the  ll:id.  In  1;ki7  it  was  common  from  the  time  we  arrived.  Au- 
misl  21,  to  the  break  of  camii,  Sp|(te;nber  f,. 
Ki:!.   *i:iiii)iilniiii.r  /^/r;/-o/?/-(.v.-- Yellow-bellied   Flycatcher. 

\Vc  have  noticed  this  bird  in  the  spring  but  once.  M;iy  :',()  and  .'51. 
II'OT.  but  in  the  fall  we  have  always  found  it  common.  In  lIMi.",  it 
was  lirst  noted  September  4th  and  was  jire.sent  in  lar^'e  numbers  the 
!'tli,  after  which  it  det'reased  to  the  l-'ltli.  when  we  left.  .\t  the  time 
of  its  };reatest  ,ibniidance  it  successfully  disjiuted  with  the  Least  Fly- 
•  atclur  for  the  lirst  place  in  point  of  numbers.  The  next  fall  (  ItHKl) 
they  were  ?iot  ijiiile  as  common,  but  Sejitendier  1  to  .".,  and  1."  to  2'2. 
we  daily  saw  several.  In  i:hi7.  from  .Vu^'ust  I'l  to  September  <1.  they 
were  at  all  times  iiioi-e  or  less  common.  Their  numbers  i  ulminated 
Au^'ust  i:;t,  when  they  lie.ame  abundant,  but  slowly  decreased  the 
siicreedin'.'  d.-i,\s.  This  species  seems  to  start  on  its  southward  mi- 
i-'ratioii  about  the  middle  of  .\ui.'ust,  but  <itliers  come  in  before  the 
c.irlier  arri\als  lea\e,  and  many  linger  until  well  into  September. 
II It.     t:.upiil<iun.i    Iniilii  nhi(iniiti.--\UU'v  Flycatcher. 

.\  '  ;i  common  liird.  but  re.irular.  It  may  be  much  ni'ire  common 
ilian  on;-  notes  seem  to  iiidicati>.  for  the  small  flycatchers  are  ditH- 
(  ult  to  ^epar.•lte  without  a  certain  amount  of  concentration  of  obser- 
vation Oil  each  individual  bird,  ami  this  >pc.ies.  without  any  stroni; 
chara<teri.~tic,  may  v.'ry  well  be  overlooked  when  the  bushes  are  full 
of  other  -.mall  ilyrat.hers  and  the  .-iltention  is  absorbed  in  looking;  for 
other  --I  ccies. 

We  have  noted  live,  May  11,  I'MC;  two,  September  2,  l!M)(i,  and  ten, 


The  Wilsun  Bulletin— No. 


Gl. 


148 

„,„,  Tot,  ™,1  ».m«  over  tV  »^    «"  "  ,';  'i^^,  „,,   ,„  „..,.„„<.„. 

r.S"o:=j.ro,,.«.o:;^^^^^^^^^ 

Ohio;  and  lias  pionounccil  theiu  of  tin.  sui    i 

one  Of  the  >"-  "  ^^^  "•^„,  ^^^  ^  ,,.or,  until  shortly  after  the 
„.„„  on  all  our  M  ^ ';  f '^l^';;;,,  ,  „,„i,ers  culn.U.atecl  the  0th.  hut 
mid.lle  of  the  n.onth.    In  1^«'  ^h^.  \  "  j,,  i.^xi  they  vvere  con>- 

,.ere  were  st^ill  "/-^^  -^^j^f  Sep'J^lr   hut  wore  «one  hy  the 
„,on  durlns  the  first  three  <1'>>^  «^       J  ^^  ^^^  „otlrc  any  for 

time  of  our  return  l^f^^\^-^\^X^^^i  thPV  eonunenced  arriving. 

-r:;crfrir:;;ird:::;ue..te.n^^-- 

rralrie  norne.1  I.nrk«  are  usually  to  *  "  "^'"""^..^^^  the  shore, 
ana  in  the  waste  elearin«s  near  the  end  of  ^^  ".'';„,,,,„  ,„ 
We  have  noted  a  few  on  eaoh  v.sit.  »''  J ''''''  ^^J^  ,,i,,e„tly 
M„r..h  and  0<toher.     Spe..in,enB  taken  ^'^^  f  ;  J^?*;',;;,.,,,,,  „„  the 

nave  received  no  spocln.ens  to  verify  our  expe.tatious. 
,„7.  Tiiao'^cim  rr.xffl'n.-lUue  .lay.  ^^^^^^ 

We  have  found  the  Blue  Jay  conm.on  »'""«'';^ .'";,,  ,.„.,  ,,,,., 
.,a„t  m  fall  than  sprln«.    During  ^^^;:^^^^  ^.  theV^e  i^r- 

fron.  their  safe  retreats  hurled  Jov-us  •■ '"  ""^^      .      ";^.       ,.  ,,„„,.. 

r.,.:;;rr:r.;:t:;::;:;:i;;^'':. '-;"". ; 

.1  liiiwk-ik'vourpd  hird  of  tills  si.eries. 

V    V     ,.«H5    we  notl.ed  a   verv    ntere.tlns  mmrntlon  a.  rosH 


jnmmmatr-i': 


^m^jm 


TMEKNE.  AND  SWA,.US.  ON   Em«  O.   Po.NT   IVX.E.   H3 

little  wind  blowing,  but  ^^^  ^""^^J  „.i,„e  they  settled  to 

they  turned  back  """^^^    ,n  „,  n.elr  vol  el    Then,  reassured,  they 
talk  the  matter  over  at  the  top  °f  »  ^  ^^^  ,  „,„i  ,„„uin«  for 

started  out.  rlsi,>g  hIk.vo  «un    hot  tr.m.    he  ^r  n  ^^^^^^^ 

tueohlo  Shore.  .«,t  for   .e^eeJsu.a.e^^^P^^^^         ^.^^^^^  ^,^^^,  ^,^^^^.^^^ 

they  got  far  enough  out  to  set  the  i>iut  wavered. 

up.  and  when  we  waved  our  hats  and  «"-^-   "  /  ;'    H^,  .oUowod 

..Lused  and  then  .1.1  hacU  to  J»-;»>°-.,^.,^  '  l"::,;t.s  held  and 

,  ,,„.nent  ^^^^  rT^l^'^^^.^.^r.nl   and  seen.ingly   fll.ed 

again  th- y   ^'^''f^'''^^^^^,-    This  time  thev  had  hardly  got  well 
with  the  motto,  "Ohio  or  bust.       lis  tnne        ■  j,_^  ^y^^_ 

out  over  the  lake  when  a  Sharp-shin  ;\-  ^  "^^^^'J   ,  „,,.^  f.,  ,u.\v 

t„n.-e.  but  it  was  enough  to  "S-" -'"'  ^  utt'e  long  -r  than  1h.- 

r;::;  Jrrr-=^;f  ;£.;-••::•;=; 

Ihem  several  udles  to  the  east  of  I'eleee  Island. 
KXTINCT. 

,,,,  ,„„„.  ,„.,- ...... .....n.„«  ";^;™;,  ,"■;::,;■;;,:■,:'„:;;,,,,.,,..;, 

1— ,i;.: ;;;:;;.:;;:,.' ritr „.!,.,.. ........ ...  •■ ->-  - 

before  des.rll..>d  preparatory  to  erosslng  the  laU,. 

1(R».  •/M.c/.o»wr  or,/:n-.-n<.v.-IU)lK)lluk.  ,.,„,,,ev 

<■. •■.. "< .";'. •-  ;■''"«;;;::,,:;:,. 

r^.r;:^:r.;3r',.pi. -.--:-,,;; 
r-";::".:U"'r  .rrr  ;r  i:.« w... ..... ..«. 


144 


The  Wilson   Bulletin — No.  01. 


there  Is  a  steady  stream  of  Blackbirds  and  BolKtliiiks,  nl!  iiiakiiig  In 
the  same  direction.  Wlien  they  reach  the  end  of  the  land  they  do  not 
hesitate  as  do  the  Jays  but,  unless  threatened  by  real  danger  Ironi 
hawks  or  other  eueuiies,  continue  tlieir  flisht  unliesltiitinjily  from  the 
time  uey  leave  their  marshy  roosting-Kiounds  till  they  reach  tlie 
other  shore.  When  we  have  seen  them  they,  too,  have  always  taken 
a  course  that  would  take  tliem  some  distance  to  tlie  east  of  I'elee 
Island,  and  appareutly  they  cross  tlie  lake  at  one  sustained  iliglit  and 
do  not  follow  the  island  steppin;^  stones  across. 

In  1905  flocks  of  about  one  hundred  and  twenty-live  were  seen 
September  ..  and  a  few  more  the  mornin;:  of  tlie  "tli.  In  I'.MMJ  tlocks 
of  several  hundreds  each  were  seen  SeptemlH-r  Iti-lS,  and  we  found 
them  very  abundant  August  21  when  we  arrived  in  I'.HIT.  They 
reached  their  maximum  of  abundance  the  liTtli,  after  which  tliey  de- 
creased, though,  when  we  left  Seittemlier  H,  there  were  still  a  few  to 
be  seen.    Our  latest  date  Is  Seiiteinher  IS,  llHKi. 

110.  •itolothrus  ak;.— Cowhird. 

The  Cowbird  has  been  comiiion  on  ail  visits  except  tliat  of  March 
9  and  10,  1907.  ThrouRh  the  tirst  of  September  they  are  to  be  seen 
making  the  early  moruiug  sUirt  for  across  the  lake  with  tlie  other 
blackbirds  and  the  Bobolinks.  There  were  great  numbers  October 
29,  IJKJo. 

111.  *Agcla{ui>  pha nicctia. — Ked-wiiiged  Blackbinl. 

A  comuiou  breeder  on  the  marslies.  It  was  ij^ii  <'t>iMmon  October 
25),  1905,  In  mixed  tlocks  with  other  '.  iickbiids  and  wms  present  in 
Immense  numbers  Octot>er  14-l."i.  P.Hh;,  when  the  miiniing  iiiigi'.itions 
were  especially  heavy,  tiardner  wrote  us  several  times  dnriii::  tlie 
winter  of  llKHi-07  that  ttfty  or  so  were  wintering  on  the  Point  and 
we  found  a  number  present  March  9-10  the  following  spring  wlieii 
the  lake  and  marshes  were  still  completely  ice-liouiid. 
ll.'t.  *Sluniella  m«j/ao.  — Meadowlark. 

The  Mendowlark  is  fairly  common  on  the  Tolnt  In  the  ciiitiviilcd 
sections  in  the  spriiiK.  but  It  is  rare  to  see  any  in  tlie  fail  on  llic 
Point  proper,  though  at  the  same  time  tliey  are  usnally  iilnmst  almii 
dant  on  tlio  adjoining  malniiind.  Keiiys  reports  seeing  several  Sep 
tember  1!>,  UKH,  and  one  was  noted  Septeinlier  I.'!,  t'.Miri.  mul  several 
the  following  <»ctober  1*9  along  the  eastern  saml  ilnne.  According  to 
Gardner,  a  few  remained  all  the  winter  of  p.Kif.OT  on  the  fro/.en 
inarHlies. 

114.  'IcieritH  ximriiin. — Orchard  Oriole. 

It  was  rather  a  treat  tn  us  to  find  this  bi-aiilil'nl  s|ieil4-s  mI hint 

on  our  first  visit,  May  l.'t  U.  liKl'i,  and  we  have  found  them  etpially 
80  on  all  subsetiuent  May  trips.    Tliey  are,  In  fact,  one  of  the  <tiui- 


Taverner  and  Swaf-es,  on  Birds  of  Point  Pelee.  14") 


! 


*     hi    * 


inonest  species  on  the  Point,  outuuinberInK  the  Baltimore  perhnps 
two  to  one.  One  or  more  are  seldom  out  of  hearing,  and  their  voice 
is  always  pleasant  lo  tlie  ear,  while  their  forms,  in  all  their  various 
plumages,  can  he  seen  dartiiig  away  through  the  trees  on  either  liand 
the  whole  lengtli  of  the  Point  as  we  follow  aloni;  the  road.  The 
farmers  are  well  acquainted  with  l)oth  the  orioles  and  call  this  spe- 
cies tiie  "Oriole,"  while  the  Baltimore  is  generally  liuowu  as  the 
"Gulden  Holiin."  Tlie  fruit  growers  of  the  neighhorhood  regard 
tliem  as  rattier  injurious  to  their  siuall  fruit,  t)ecause  tliey  jiuncture 
large  numlR-rs  of  hanging  grapes.  Though  they  were  as  numerous 
as  usual  as  late  iu  tlie  season  as  .Tune  1,  1!M>T,  we  do  not  thinii  that 
many  individuals  regularly  hreed  on  the  Point,  as  very  few  nests, 
eitlier  new  or  old,  have  heen  observed  in  late  fall  when  sudi  objects 
are  very  i-oiiKpicuous. 

The  Orcliard  Oriole  leaves  in  tlie  fall  a  little  earlier  thsin  tlie  Bai- 
tiuiure.  In  1!»05  none  were  [iresent  September  ;!.  Wlieu  we  arrived 
September  1,  the  following  year,  they  had  likewise  left,  though  the 
Baltimore  was  still  c-ommon.  In  l'M>~  we  saw  two,  August  i;(!,  wliidi 
forms  our  latest  date. 
115.  *Jctenis  ijalbulu. — Baltimore  Oriole. 

One  of  the  commonest  birds  of  the  Point.  Ilis  iirillianl  livery  can 
be  continually  seen  Hashing  from  tre«'  to  tree,  while  his  full  rich 
voice  makes  the  line  spring  air  melodious.  They  have  been  more 
tliaii  coinmun  on  all  spring  visits  and  in  all  September  trips,  except 
that  of  l!K»r>,  when  they  swiiied  to  have  left  a  little  earlier  than 
usual.  .September  1  to  :!,  1',Km;,  they  were  ipiite  common  and  singing 
liaily.  One  of'  theKe  days  we  heard  a  little  frMgmentary  song 
from  one  that  was  unlike  anything  we  ha<l  ever  heard  before.  Had 
elllier  of  us  been  musicians  we  could  have  imitated  it  perfectly.  It 
sounded  so  human  that  at  first  w(>  tbourht  It  was  a  Uiy  whistling, 
having  the  same  (|ualily  and  timbre.  It  was  as  if  some  one  was  ab- 
sent-mindedly whlHtling  tli<<  fragments  of  an  air,  with  many  breaks 
and  missing  notes,  as  If  busy  with  other  thoughts.  It  was  very  prel 
ty.  indeed,  and  we  suppose  that  it  was  altered  by  the  young  male, 
though  we  could  not  make  out  this  point  for  a  ccrlainly.  \Vi'  heard 
the  almost  full  spring  song  several  lliiie*.  When  we  ri'tnrned  to  tlie 
Point  the  l.'ifli  the  Orioles  had  all  gone,  The  fall  of  l!Mi7  we  saw  sev- 
eral ea<h  day  until  Septcaiber  1".  when  the  la^t  one  was  noted.  Keays 
lists  the  species  as  late  as  September  I'd  in  I'.Hll.  This  must  Ik'  re 
gardeil,  however,  as  an  exceptionally  late  dale. 
1  Id.     EufihaiiuK  rii/o/iM«.i.- -Busty  Blackbird. 

.\s  Ih  to  be  exiH^'ted,  the  Busty  Blackbird  is  l.iii  a  migrant  at  the 
Point.  We  have  met  It  In  Hocks  October  IMl,  llKCi,  and  the  Htli  and 
lOlh  of  the  same  uumth  in  JtMM>,     If  it  waH  preitent  .March  !*  and  lU, 


^ 


.*-^- 


r 


146 


The  Wilson  Bulletin — No.  61. 


. 
t 


I 


;■*• 


1007,  we  failed  to  make  It  out  among  the  Hooks  of  other  blackbirds 
seen  then. 

117.  Quhcaliis  iiiiixcula  ««e«».— Bronzed  Orackle. 

Fouad  commouly  on  nearly  all  visits.  There  were  fewer  Septem- 
ber 4  to  15,  11)05,  than  usual,  but  October  14  to  15,  ]!K)«,  tliey  were  In 
great  flocks  and,  in  the  early  morning,  when  the  Hocks  i.assed  over 
towards  the  end  of  the  Point,  all  s<iueaking  together,  they  made  c-on- 
siderable  din.  Gardner  reports  that  a  few  rein;.ined  all  the  winter  of 
100«>7.  and  when  we  arrived  .M:uch  !)  a  few  were  seen.  Tlirre  were 
largr  iioeks  :)resent  wlien  we  arrived  August  IM,  1!K)7,  and  they  re- 
malued  without  iwroeptible  change  in  numbers  to  when  we  left  Sen- 
tember  0. 

118.  Hvxpvriphona  lesprrMda.— Kvenlng  (Jroslwnk. 

March  !),  liXiT,  Mr.  Wilkinson,  of  Leamington,  who  drove  us  out  to 
the  I-olnt,  told  us  of  a  number  of  birds  he  had  seen  a  short  time  Iw 
fore  that  tallied  so  well  with  the  descriptions  of  this  bird  that  there 
could  hardly  l)€  any  doubt  as  to  what  he  meant.  When  we  got  out 
to  Gardner's  he  told  us  substantially  the  same  thing  au<l  describ'd 
them  as  "about  the  size  of  a  robin  and  yellow  and  bla.k,  and  the 
hen  birds  were  a  sort  of  greyish."  lie  had  seen  them  aln.ut  a  mib> 
trom  his  place,  along  the  road,  alwut  the  Urst  of  .\F.inh.  A  nm.ilMr 
of  them  were  kille.l  by  boys,  but  we  were  unable  to  get  sight  of  any 
si.ecimeus  or  their  renmins.  WIdle  there  we  hunted  carelnllv  toV 
them  in  boiK-s  that  some  might  still  remain,  but  without  avail. 
]1!>.  *Carimihtviin  ;*H/7>i((«'Ms.~l'urple  Finch. 

In  c-omi)arison  with  our  I>etr..it  dates  in  fall  tliis  spe.ies  arrives 
nt  the  Point  very  early.  Octoiier  :.t>.  imc.  alK>nl  eight  birds  were 
seen,  but  none  durin-  the  Septeml)er  visit.  In  UMMi  the  were  mh-u 
or  taken  September  17,  ami  at  least  thirty  the  intb.  Their  numbers 
droppo,!   suchlei  .y   then   to   three  and  one   tlie   next    two   s,.,.,,.H.dlng 

days.    (),tol)er  H  there  were  great  numbers  and  tlo.ks  of  fi ,  ilv.> 

to  a  dojien  were  met  with  continually  all  over  the  wim.led  sections  ..I 
the  I'oint.     All  were  either  full  red  birds  or  else  .,iive  n.lore.l  ■  none 

observe.1  were  in  mixe.l  or  transition   i nage.     The  dull  olive  .•ol- 

cred   birds   sang  .■onsta.itly.    but    the   re.l   ones   never.     Their    s„m.'s 
were  considerably  varie.l.  but  the  most  .liaracieristl.-  might   !,.■  icn 
dcred.  "IV  a  we-to-tete  to." 

In   l!Hi7,  W.  K.  Sanders  saw  ..no  in  tlie  red  cedar  at  the  cNtrcme 
end  of  the  I'.dnt.  August  lis.    n.is  was  a  most  unusually  early  bird. 
V^y   *l.»xu,   /.»<v,/,/f,,i,-\Vbile  winged  <'rossl.|||. 
.November  14.  11I..7.  «e  r.-.cived  a  l«)x  of  birds  from  frien.ls  on  the 

I'oint.     An.ong  tb.m  was  one  W !-winge,l  Cn.ssbill.     .)n  sUinnini: 

It  no  marks  .,f  vi.,!,.,,,,.  „.„i.i  u,  ,„„„j  „,„,  „  „„,  ,„„^j  ,i^^,,^.  j^,^  ,.^,^, 
up  dead.     It  was  .julle  fresh  and  could  not  have  been  .lead  (uore 


i 


wfT^rimmsr^^ae^Tmi^w^r': 


T.\verxi:r  and  Swales,  on  Bikijs  ok  Point  Pele;;.  14T 


i 


tlmn  a  few  days.  AskiiiR  Gardner  alwut  the  species  later,  he  said 
that  alK)ut  tliat  time  he  noticed  t-onsiderahle  flocks  of  small  red  birds 
tliat  he  was  unacquainted  with  on  tlie  Point.  The  Wliite-winsred 
Crossbill  is  a  much  rarer  visitor  in  this  seition  than  Its  relative  the 
American.  See  Auk,  XXIV.  1907,  p.  145. 
llM.     Aslnl'ialiinix  trixtin. — American  (Joldlinch. 

Seen  without  exception  every  day  we  have  been  on  the  Point.  Less 
connnon  iu  late  fall  and  early  sprinj;  than  at  other  times.  Octol)er 
2*.),  IJHCi,  but  one  was  noted,  though  on  the  1-lth  and  ir)th  of  the  same 
month  ill  l!»fMi,  they  were  common.  March  0-10,  I'.tO".  we  noted  sev- 
eral, and  three  on  the  successive  days.  At  all  other  times  It  has  been 
connnon. 

HYPOTIIKTICAL. 
Spiniix  piniix. — I'ine  Siskin. 

March  10,  l!»<)7.  we  saw  two  or  three  tinches  tlint  we  were  (|uite 
certain  v.  i-.  Pines,  but  as  we  failed  (o  i-oUect  them  and  the  li;;ht 
was  very  ])Oor  for  nhiss  work,  we  could  not  lie  alisohitely  certain  of 
our  identification.  The  followiu'^  Jmie  1st  Saunders  reported  hear- 
ing two  on  the  inner  edge  of  the  woods  that  fringe  the  east  shore  be- 
yond tlie  iTossroad.  .Mr.  Saunders  Is  <iuite  «'ertain  of  his  identitiia- 
tion,  and  as  tliis  was  a  most  peculiar  s|)rins.  with  all  the  migrations 
more  or  less  disorganized,  we  accept  even  this  late  record  without 
any  very  groat  mental  reservation. 

INTRODITED. 

I'nsMpr  (loniCHliriiH. — House   Sparrow. 

Point  Pelee  is  no  more  free  from  tiiis  "I'lidesirable  citizen"  Ih.-m 
the  adjoining  territory.     Tortunateiy  for  the  Point,  it   is  nut  almn- 
dant  far  from  towns,  but  tliere  is  always  a  fair-sized  tlock  to  each 
group  of  farm  buildings. 
l-'J.  *l'aiiseriiin  tiiralis. — Snowtlake. 

(If  course  the  Snowtlake  is  but  a  winter  migrant  on  (lie  I'oint. 
0«'tober  -•!»,  VM)'t,  we  fuuiid  a  few  on  top  of  the  eastern  sand  dune 
along  the  lake  shore  the  whole  length  of  the  Point.  They  did  not  oc- 
cur in  large  flocks,  but  in  singles  and  pairs  scittereil  along  here  and 
there.  Through  the  winter  of  l!MM!-(i7  (iiirdner  reported  large  (locks 
of  tliein  on  the  inarslies,  but  when  we  arrived  (liere  .\Iarcli  !•  he  (old 
us  (lia(  he  had  «een  the  last  about  a  week  previous. 
i'Si.  *l'i)<if(tvs  gniminriis. — Vesper  Sparrow. 

Not  a  uniformly  distributed  bird,  but  l(M>nl|y  c-onimoii,  more  es 
IK'cinlly  late  in  the  fall  (Octolierl.  Tlicy  are  usually  <<ommoii  In  (he 
weedy  corners  of  (he  waste  (iehN  near  the  end  of  the  Point;  ami 
here,  and  in  like  plines.  we  have  alw.'iys  been  nblo  to  llm'  diem  on  nil 
visits  except  that  ot  .March  9  and  10,   1907,  whlcli  was,         course. 


''^:mmEam!!f>^m?-3^msLa^mL'i'^^:m'mr.T.m' 


148 


Till-:  WiLSdN   r.ii.i.iniN— No.  Ol. 


too  eiirlv     Sei.tPiul.or  1  to  n,  190(5,  llioy  wore  nmisnally  iil.ui..l;.nt  for 
this  time  of  the  yoMr.    October  21).  V.HC.  tliey  were  still  com.......  a...l 

...ore  unifor...ly  distrll.uto.l  thn..  we  h:ne  seen  the...  at  other  thi.es. 
I'M      russirciiliix   sa,iilirirlii;i»iii   .s«rrt;i//n.-   Savanna    Span-ow. 
'a  eo.....io.i  ...it:ra..t.  a...l  liliely  a  sparse  l.ree.ler.  as  it  i.ests  ...ore 

or  less  c-.mm.o.,lv  aloi.s  the  ra..a.r.a..  side  of  the  St.  Clair  I'lats  a...l. 
to  a  lesser  exte.it.  i..  the  i.eii,'hl«.ri..'-'  territory   of   Mlchis-'a...     It   is 
...ost  eo...n,o..ly  fo,.ml  alo.,<.'  the  top  of  the  .l.n.es  of  the  east  shore 
where    May  Ki.  1!«'.".  !'"«'  »>-'•''"  S.M.te.i.I.er  11   a.i.1  lU  ol   the  sa.i.e 
veur    we  fi..i..cl  a  ..u...her.     O.toher  29,  ..o..e  we,-e  see...  tho.i^'h  the 
wl.<.le  of  the  east  shore  was  trampe.l  over.  a...l  they  l.a.l  evi.le..tl.v 
loft     1.1  I'.Kii!.  we  si.w  ..one  i..  May  or  (liiri..«  the  first  three  .lays  of 
Septe...l.er ;  hut  in  ..either  of  these  visits  was  ..m.h  atteutio.i  pai.l 
to  the  east  shore  where  they  were  ...ost  likely  t..  he  fouu.l.     Ou  the 
returu  visit,  fro...  the  ir.tl.  to  the  22,1  of  Septo.uher.  the  spe.-ies  was 
p.-esont  o.i  its  a.  .ustotiied  (;.-ou...ls  a..(l  we  fouu.l  the.,,  i..  !.'reat  ....... 

|«.rs  .listril.ute.1  all  over  the  marsh  the  lOth.     O.-foher  ir,  the>-  were 
still  CO...........     None  weie  uote.l  in  10tl7  on  a..y  of  our  visits.  May  ..(> 

to  June   1,  a.i.l  .Vutfiist  21  to  Septeu.her  (!.     Duri..;:  the  latter  trip, 
however    we  di.l  not  work  the  marshes  a...l.  tho..-h  we  ,11.1  ..ot   ti...i 
the...  nlmt.t  its  e,V^,>s  as  usual,  we  are  ,.nahl.-  to  state  that  they  w.mv 
..ot   in   its   interior. 

12r..     Cnliiniiriiliix    s,ira,n,iintm    /;«.?.,,■.;»».■<.— (:.-ass;iopp<>r    Spar.-ow. 
Soi.ie  vears  a«..  this  species  was  .....i-e  c......nQn  a..,l  of  m...-e  !.'e.. 

eral  ,iistrll,..tion  in  this  K)callty  thn..  It  Is  now.    IVrsouMlly  w,.  have 
m.t  ...et  with  it  «...  Ilie  I'oh.t,  thou'.'h  we  have  f..un,l  a  few  pai.'s  s.at 
tercl   ..ver   the   tiehls   in   the   ..eisrhhorh,.,..!   ,.f   .V.uhursthnrK,   at    th.- 
„.„utl.  of  the  Itetroit  Uiver.     Sau..<lers  says  (Auk  iv.  IHST.  p.  2is,. 
••The  (;.-assh,.pper  Spar.-ow   l..-,'e,1s  i..   So.it hw..ster..  Oi.tari...   wh.-re 
I  have  foun,l  It  i.i  .llffere.it  lo.alitles.  notal.ly  at  I't.  I'elee.  where  1 
h,>a.-,l  It  sintii..;:  in  early  .I.ine  a.,.1  was  ,-,.M.pa.^atively  .•oi.....o...  .  .  . 

I„   lu.ie    1S.V1   there  w.M'e  uuu.l.ers  of  pairs  l..-ep.li..u  in  the  .uitival.'.! 
,„..n,lows  a..,l  liel.ls."     The  status  ,.f  th,"  hi.'.l  lias  .erlMiiiiy  rhan^,'.Ml 
sh,.,.  the  alH.ve  ol.s,-rvations   we.^e  .na,l,'.  tn^.ther  with  that   ol    two 
olh.'r  vi..-,i<'s  of  somewhat   like   hal.ital.   nnioely.   the   I.ark    SpMr.-ow 
a.i.l  the  Dick.issel,  ,.f   whi-h   ...ore  un.ler  their  respective  li,.a,li.i^'s 
We  have  l,K.k,.,l  .liliL-eully  for  the  (:rassh,.p|..M-  Sparrow  in  all  iik.'ly 
p|,i<rs  ami  It  Is  not  p.-,.l.alile  that  it  lias  l.coi.  ovci-lookf,!. 
i:;.;       ii/.m. -./.•«»,»,<  iiinylonii      IIc.slow's  Spari-,.w. 
".May  21.  ItHii!.  Sau.i.l-'i-s  saw  aii.l  li,"a.-,l  scv,.riil  near  the  caM  ha-o' 
„f  the   Pohit.   i.i   the  ,1amp  ....•;..!..« ,  honhM-in,-  the   niarsh.     May  :'.o. 

PH.;  h.  L',.im:  ov.^r  the  same  ur,.uii,ls  we  li-lene.l  a.i.l  lo  .K.-l  .are 
tullv  for  th.^m.  hilt  ,-ither  it  was  ,hirl..'-'  on-  -.f  Hieir  i»Tio<ls  ol  si 
leure  such  as  the  siiecies  Is  given  to,  ,.r  else  th.-y  were  .u.t  there  this 


Taverner  and  Swales,  o>-  Birds  of- Point  Pelee. 


149 


season,  for  we  discovered  no  indication  of  their  presence.  Tlieir 
usual  "se-sllicli"  note,  tliouRh  unobtrusive  in  volume  or  pitcii,  lias 
great  carrylnR  power;  and  is  too  distinctive  not  to  1)0  hoard  or  recos;- 
nized  when  the  observer  is  actiuainted  with  it  and  is  listonhig  lor  it. 

127.  ChondcKtcs  grammacus. — Larlj  Sparrow. 

The  Larlc  Sparrow  seems  to  I*  another  species  that  has  retrealod 
from  its  ranso  of  late  years  in  this  section  and  the  adjoining  parts 
of  Midiigan.  Sautiders  found  some  numbers  of  them  on  tlie  Point 
in  1884,  and  again  May  14,  inOo,  he  saw  two  in  the  cultivated  Hehls 
l>y  the  roadside.  Though  we  have  loolced  carefully  for  the  s|)oclos 
sini-e,  we  have  not  lieen  able  to  locate  it. 

128.  *Zonothvliia  /cueop/o-j/*.— White-crowned  Spari-ow. 

May  13,  VJOu,  this  fine  sparrow  was  very  common  all  over  the 
Point,  ii'H  especially  so  about  tlie  clumps  of  cottonwood  along  the 
east  1)0.  .h.  where  it  was  the  commonest  of  tlie  land  birds  (bore  pres- 
ent. We  met  the  species  again  Octolier  14-15.  ItXK!,  but  otlier  visits 
have  been  either  too  early  or  too  late  to  tatcii  it  on  its  migrations 
on  the  Point. 

V^.*  y.onotnchia  H/^iVv>//is,— .Whitethroatod  Sparrow. 

A  common  and  regular  migrant.  May  V.\  nnd  14.  HMi.-,  f„ur  and 
one  were  seen  on  their  resjiective  days,  but  on  neitlior  of  the  trips 
of  May  21  or  .-JO  of  the  two  succeeding  years  were  any  noted.  In 
the  fall  of  liMi.T  a  few  were  noted,  beginning  September  14,  and  the 
ne.vt  year  ten  were  observe.l  the  l.-.th  of  the  same  mnntli  and  were 
still  common  O.tolier  14  and  l.".  when  we  made  the  last  trip  of  the 
.vear.  Our  latest  date  on  the  Point  in  1!HI7  was  Septcml)er  (!,  but 
none  put  in  an  a|)pearance  before  we  left. 
l.TO.  *fii)i:clla  moHh'co/a.— Tree  Sparrow. 

A  common  ami  regular  migrant  and.  If  wo  can  judge  from  reporls. 
It  must  winter  in  considerable  nnniliers,  as  during  the  winter  of  1!mm;' 
(•7  (Jardnor  spolvo  roiM-atodly  of  seeing  large  numbers  of  ••|!ns|,  Si<;\v 
rows."  March  !)-10.  |!H)7.  we  saw  large  tio.ks  in  the  weedv  edges  of 
the  Holds.  The  day  was  cold  and  bleak,  and  the  c|„,rns  of  the  com 
billed  Hocks  made  a  very  cheering  sound,  when  snch  cheer  was  wel- 
come   indeed. 

b'il.  *Si)i:,lln  «'K'i(//i.v. -—ciiippliig  Sparrow. 

On  all  .May  and  September  dates  the  Chipping  Sparrow  has  been 
more  than  common.  It  fre.inonts  the  road  side  mostly,  and  wlielber 
that  runs  tlirongh  cultivated  fields,  pine  groves  or  red  cedar  thickets 
tlie  Cblpping  Sparrow  Is  Invariably  to  bo  fonnd  in  numbers  al.)ng 
its   length.     In  point  of  numbers   it   must   ont-raiik   tliose  of  nil   the 

other  sparrows  combined.     It  was  coi on  O.tober  14-ir..  VMm;    nnd 

even  as  late  ns  October  2!>,  llH).-),  it  was  present  in  some  Mii.ui>or» 


ir- 


no 


The  Wilson  Rui.i.f.tix — No.  (Jl. 


Tills  latter  is  a  very  late  date  for  the  spocies.  Judging  by  our  exper- 
ience In  the  ndJoininK  sections  of  Michigan,  where  they  usually  have 
all  disappearert  l>y  the  middle  of  the  month. 
1.".2.  *fiiiizeUa  /x/.siV/rt.— Field  Sparrow. 

Common  on  all  May  visits.  In  the  fall  the  species  is  rather  loi-al 
in  its  distriliution,  liut  is  very  partial  to  the  weedy  sjmts  in  the  waste 
clearings  near  the  end  of  tlie  Point.  I'ntil  the  fall  of  1".M)T  we  pretty 
generally  overlooked  this  species  in  >.  autumn  until  the  ^ecret  of 
its  distribution  was  discovered,  when  we  daily  found  it  connnon  from 
August  '21  to  September  O,  wlien  ^v(■  left.  Our  latest  date  is  Octol>er 
i:!.  l'.>0(!. 
i:'..*!.  *Ji4iiro  hiicmalis. — Slate-coloretl  Junco. 

A  regular  and  common  migrant.  On  our  earliest  visit.  March  0. 
I!t0",  tliere  were  several  present,  and  Ma.v  K?,  liKi.'i.  we  noted  one 
solitary  late  bird.  We  have  no  other  spring  records.  In  Sei)temlier. 
1!K«(.  the  first  was  noted  the  17th,  and  two  days  later  four  more. 
They  were  abundant  the  following  October  14-ir>.  and  the  LlUh,  in 
llMCi.  Keays  noted  tlieir  first  arrival  Septcmlici'  IS.  in  1!H)1.  In 
his  letters  (iardner  descrilied  the  bird  very  well  ;uid  reported  its 
presence  at  various  times  during  tlio  winter  of  l!>0<i-(i7. 
i;U.  *M<  liixpiid  fiiirmi  nielmJin. — Song  Sparrow. 

Not  as  ,'ommon  as  would  naturally  l)e  expeited.  While  present 
during  all  visits  except  tliat  of  Mari'li  !>.  1!>ii7.  ^  never  seems  to  be  a 
prominent  bird  in  tlie  landscape.  Tliis  was  especially  true  .May  l!ii. 
LM  wlien.  until  its  scarcity  was  noticed  and  we  cominencecl  a  special 
sea.-ch  for  it.  it  nearly  escaped  our  observation.  It  has  been  niuih 
commoner  during  the  late  ()rtolM>r  trips  tbiin  at  any  otiier  time. 
1."..">.  *Mflitsiiiin  UiicdIiiH. — T.incoln's  Sparrow. 

May  H,  1'.Kl.">.  two  were  met  with  in  a  lirusli  pile  In  :\  slashing  but. 
as  usual  witli  V.,e  species,  when  the  birds  were  in  sight  they  were  too 
close  fr>  sho'it.  ami  w!  en  at  a  sutlicient  distance  to  collect  nicely  they 
were  not  to  be  seen.  This  spoics  is  one  of  tlio  must  persistent  slcnlk- 
ers  that  we  have.  They  frei|ueiit  dense  brushy  masses  and.  \\  hen  (id- 
iectiirs  are  around,  generally  keep  to  their  deepest  recesses,  rsnally. 
however,  when  approaclieil.  they  will  hop  ti>  sume  ct>nnnaniliiig  pnsi 
fion  and  view  the  intrmler  for  an  instant.  Then,  it'  llie  observer  i-; 
bent  nil  liilcing  specimens,  is  tlie  time  to  slioot.  but  It  must  be  dnKc 
iiislanlly.  for  the  next  second  tlie  bird  will  be  gone  deep  in  tlic  tan 
gle,  and  it  Is  rarely  seen  again.  On  the  other  iiaiid,  though  diin<'Ult 
to  sIkmiI.  it  is  OIK-  of  the  easiest  birds  to  li.ip.  iiud  does  not  seem  to 
have  tlie  least  suspicion  tliat  strange  combinations  of  sticks  or 
springs  ciiii  liarl>or  any  danger.  On  its  migriitions  we  liave  never 
heard  it  niter  any  distinctive  note,  and  as  it  so  <iosely  resembles 
tlie  Song  Sparrow   in  appearance.  It  Is  not  an  easy  bird  to  ideulily 


Taverner  and  Swai.es,  on  Birds  of  Point  Pelee.   151 


''. 


during  the  brief  liurried  B'a'iee  tliat  it  allows  us,  unless  tlie  condi- 
tions of  liglit  and  situation  are  excellent.  In  general,  liowever,  it 
can  often  be  told  by  tlie  ovener  and  grayer  cast  of  the  back,  lacking 
the  more  conspicuous  longitudinal  streaks  of  the  former  bird.  Of 
course,  wlien  a  clear  view  of  tlie  breast  is  obtained,  with  its  oclira- 
ceous  band,  tine  spotting  higli  up  on  the  breast,  and  the  lack  of  the 
heart  mark  so  consi)icuous  in  nearly  all  plumages  of  the  Song  Spar- 
row, it  is  easily  identified.  September  2(>,  I'.MMi.  Saunders  took  one 
bird  from  amongst  some  Song  Sparrows  in  a  brush  i)ile  in  (Jardner's 
yard. 

130.    MelonpUa  iicoriiia nn .—awtmip  Sparrow. 

Tliough  a  conunon  breeder  on  the  St.  Clair  Flats  and  an  abundant 
and  regular  migrant  locally  in  our  territory  about  Detroit,  our  rec- 
ords for  tlie  species  on  tlie  Point  are  few  and  not  perfectly  satisfac- 
tory. Keays  lists  two  seen  September  ]!),  1!K)1.  We  have  two  not 
very  convincing  sight  records,  October  15,  IDCM!,  and  June  1,  1!H)7. 
Neither  of  these  lilrds  were  seen  well  enough  for  us  to  be  perfectly 
IK)sitive  of  our  Identilication.  We  searched  tlie  marshes  carefully 
for  tliem  Septemlier  1(»,  1!K>,".,  the  I'.tth.  1!H)(!.  and  Octotier  15,  I'KMI. 
but  without  avail.  At  the  time  of  the  latter  date  they  sliould  liave 
been  very  coniuion,  as  we  liiid  great  hosts  of  them  in  such  places  at 
this  date  alK)ut  Detroit. 
I."i7.  *ra!<iinilla  iliava. — Fox  Sparrow. 

On  but  one  oi<'aslon  have  our  visits  fiillen  within  the  dates  of  the 
migrations  of  tlie  species.     October   1415,   1!Mm!.  several   were   lecii. 
.Vt  least  seven  the  first  day  and  one  the  next. 
i:!S.  ♦/'//"'o  rriitliroiitlialmii.i. — Towliee. 

.Not  very  common  during  spring  dates.  Very  few  seen  >[ay  lli-H, 
llXt5,  and  but  moderately  couunon  the  Jdtli  and  iilst.  and  .'Mitli  and 
.'Ust  of  the  same  month  of  the  two  suc-ceedlng  years.  (Julie  common 
the  first  half  of  September  and  one  seen  as  late  as  October  2'.>.  1!mi5. 
In  I'.HMi  but  one  was  seen  the  first  three  days  of  September,  and  but 
two  from  the  15tli  to  the  li"_'<l,  but  October  14-15  it  was  conimon. 
From  .\ugust  2t  to  September  •>.  l!Mi7.  from  one  to  fifteen  were  seen 
ever.v  day.  Our  earliest  spring  dale  is  .March  ;».  i!HiT.  when  one  was 
taken  in  tlie  still  snow-filled  wiwids.  We  were  iinlined  to  regard  tills 
as  a  wintering  bird,  but  as  the  next  week  llicrc  were  several  to  be 
seen  about  Detroit,  it  is  not  at  jill  clear  that  it  was  not  an  early  mi- 
grant. Our  latest  date  Is  October  I'o,  11K15. 
l.'iO.  *C»nlinn}iK  cfln/;HfWi.v.— Cnrdlnal. 

I'oint  I'elee  and  Its  vii'inlty  Itoasts  of  being  tlu'  only  lociility  In 
the  Dominion  of  Canada  where  the  fardlnal  is  regular  and  common. 
The  st.Mtus  of  this  species  lias  been  dwelt  upon  at  sunie  length  In 
the  Auk,  XXIV,  r.M)7,  p.  llti,  by  the  authors  and  the  data  tliereiu  giv- 


l.J2 


The  Wilson  Buu.etin— No.  G1. 


en  seems  to  Indicate  that  hnlf  a  century  ago  tlie  species  was  more  (.r 
less  common  In  Southeastern  MichlCTn,  but  since  then  has  retreated 
from   Its  range  and  Is  only  now  resuming'  it.     The  history  of  the 
Point  Pelee  ol)servations  point  in  the  same  direction.     Dr.   Hrodle 
says,  "I  visited  Point  Pelee  July,  1879.  ...  I  formed  a  spenlcin!;  ac- 
(luaintance  with  several  i)eople  and  ail  had  a  story  to  teii  al>out  a 
•visitation  of  war-l)irds'  n  few  weelis  previously.     From  descriptions 
Riven  tliere  was  no  doubt  tliese  'war-birds"  were  Cardinals.  .  .  .  From 
diligent  imiuiries  it  appeared  the  birds  were  not  rare  summer  visi- 
tants, but  tills  season  tliey  were  unusually  numcrou.s.     I  lieard  noth- 
inn  timt  suggested  the  presence  of  females,  the  birds  were  all  red." 
Saunders  ma;le  his  first  ornitholoKliiU  visit  to  the  I'oint  in  late 
Aufnist  and  early  September.  1SS2.  and  another  in  May  and  June  of 
iaS4,  and  aijain  in  Sei»tember  of  V.HH).     In  none  of  these  did  ho  dis- 
cover any  Cardinals.    It  was  not  until  the  next  year,  in  September, 
when  Kcays  visited  the  Point  that  the  bird  was  aiiain  hrousilit  to  no 
tice.  See  Auk,  XIX.  l'.K)2.  p.  :2<».->.  On  tiiat  occasion  tiie  residents  said 
tliat  it  had  put  in  an  appearance  on  the  Point  about  lour  years  prcvi- 
iii>',.  Jhis  last  statement  has  since  been  <-<>rr<>lM)rated  in  a  certain  de- 
gree by  C.ardner.  who  states  tli:it  liis  acMuaintame  witli  the  Cardinal 
has  only  l>een  of  a  few  years"  duration  ;  that  lie  dcK's  not  remember  it 
as  a  Itoy.  but  that  since  some  had  been  caught  and  caged  by  a  woman 
on  the  Point,  he  has  known  the  species  very  well  and  does  not  think 
that  he  could  have  overlooked  it  if.  in  the  past,  it  had  been  as  com 
mon  as  it  is  now.     It  is  strange  tliat  so  siiowy  and  loud  whistling  a 
bird  ocmld  have  been  overlooked  by  .-^o  acute  an  observer  as  Saunders, 
if  at  tlie  tinif^  of  his  visits  it  was  as  mmierous  as  it  now  is.  more  es- 
pecially as  one  of  the  visits  was  made  in  late  spring  before  the  song 
period  ha.I  (|uilc  passed.     Tlie  spring  of  1'XiT  lie  and  Taverner  were 
on   the  Point  at  tills  time  and  tlien  Cardinals  whistled   from   every 
liand.     The  evidence  certainly  pointi;  to  the  conclusion  that  tlie  Car 
dinal  occupied  the  Point  until  at  least  1S7'.>.  and  tlien  for  a  space,  un- 
til al«mt   11101,  deserted  the  locality  to  a   greater  or  less  extent.     It 
Is  "inite  common  now  and  it  would  be  iiiipns-.il.le  for  any  Held  natur- 
alist to  visit  tlie  Point  without  making  its  aciiuaiiitance.     On  all  cmr 
spriiiu'  visits  it  lias  been  seen  perched  on  sniiic  isolated  <'edar  top  in 
the  warm  sunslilne.  whistling  lond  and  long  and  making  patclies  of 
intense  red  against  the  dark  l.ackgiouiid.     They  appear  to  be  pretty 
well  distributed  over  tlie  Point,  from  the  iiase  lo  its  extreme  end. 

In  the  fall  lliey  a"e  iimn'  dillicult  to  find.  Tlicy  tlien  fre<pn'iit  the 
dciis<'sl  l,in::lcs  in  little  Ibn  k'  wliicli  seem  to  lie  nriginal  liriMids.  for 
there  are  nsitally  one  or  two  adults  and  three  or  four  .juvenile  birds 
In  the  coinp.iny.  Tliey  are  intensely  curious  iind  skulk  aliont  Just 
out  of  siglil.  uttering  little  clicks  and  cheeps  Ibat  seem  ridiculous 
from  so  large  a  bird  witli  such  line  vocal  powers.     We  have  found 


■m^'um 


Tavi:kni:r  and  S\v  \m:s,  on  P.ikds  ok  Point  I'elee.  lo.l 


-: . 


tliein  common  on  all  visits,  and  wiHiont  doiilit  tliey  winter  on  the 

I'oint.    March  9-10,  ]'.»>'.  they  were  in  full  sons;. 

HO.  */am<'lo(}ia  liiiloricinna. — Uoso-hroasted  Groslioak. 

The  Uose-breasted  (irosheak  was  fairly  common  May  II,  r.H>,".  Imt 
was  not  seen  at  all  May  2(>-•J^.  V.h(>,  and  hut  two  from  .May  .".O  to 
June  1.  UKi".  We  have  met  it  hut  once  in  the  fall.  From  .Spptemher 
IS  to  21,  from  one  to  seven  were  noted  each  da.v.  They  were  very 
diflicult  to  find.  keepiiiK  well  up  in  the  tops  of  tlie  hiiih  trees  and  hid- 
den in  tiie  leaves,  and  the  only  indii-ation  of  their  presence  was  tlic 
sharp  j;rosl)eak  click  tliat  occasionally  came  to  us  from  soniewheri' 
overhead.  Even  after  hearing  one  it  was  most  difficult  to  locate  it 
and  we  spent  hours  in  the  a^sresate,  standing  under  tlie  larsje  wal- 
nut trees,  with  our  necks  hent  hack,  staring  into  the  foliajje,  iryin}; 
ti>  locate  from  whicli  quarter  the  sounds  came.  It  was  only  in  'lie 
early  morninj;  that  any  were  noted  at  all.  In  short,  this  fall  it  was 
noted  that.  thou;:li  from  sunrise  for  a  few  hours  certain  i)arts  of  the 
woods  would  he  filled  with  warblers  and  other  birds,  later  in  the  day 
there  would  hardly  lie  one  in  slight  or  to  he  found,  and  it  always  re- 
mained a  mystery  where  so  many  birds  could  spend  so  many  hours 
of  the  day  without  their  presence  beiuK  detected. 
132.  *('!iauospiia  c/yo/icH.— Indigo  Bunting. 

ronunon  on  nearly  all  our  visits.  October  211,  I'.Mi.".,  and  .Mardi  rt-lO. 
10O7,  hein;:  tlie  oidy  dates  when  we  failed  to  note  them.    Octoher  14. 
l!Mi(!.  tliree  late  birds  were  seen,  and  a  juvenile  with  nestlin;;  down 
still  plentifully  attadied  to  the  feathers,  was  taken. 
1.'!;{.  *Siiizu  ainrriraiia. — Dickcissel. 

The  Dickcissel  is  another  l>ird  tiiat,  after  extendins  its  raii'.:e  into 
Southeastern  Mi<'hi^'an.  retreated  njrain.  Its  history  at  the  I'oint 
closely  parallels  its  career  in  Mlcliigan.  at  least  as  far  as  its  re- 
cession is  concerned.  Personally  we  have  not  met  it  on  Pelee. 
thousli  we  have  looked  closely  for  it.  Saunders  re!H)rIs  that  it  was 
connnon  enoujih  in  1S,S4.  and  says  of  it, — .\nk  11.  :'.07, — 'June  1,  1S.H4. 
W.  I,.  Itailey,  Mr.  .\.  V.  Sainideis  and  W.  K.  Saumlirs  fotnid  several 
niack-throated  Hnntinjjs  aliont  two  miles  from  the  end  of  I'oint 
I'elee  in  a  meadow — lirst  ('anadian  record.  Subse<iuently.  in  extend- 
ing our  search,  we  found  one  or  more  pairs  in  ev(<ry  tiehl.  .  .  .  These 
birds  were  observed  in  every  locality  on  the  I'oint.  and  on  the  re- 
turn drive  tliey  were  he.ird  rnusiantly  till  we  had  iro'ie  three  miles 
into  the  mainland  and  then  no  more  were  noted."  Sainid(>rs  also  in- 
forms Us  that  he  met  tliem  auain  September  Id.  V.kki.  and  says.  "We 
saw  live  Dickcissels.  but  did  not  secure  any.  They  were  in  tlie  w<>cd 
fields  on  the  dry  side  of  the  east  and  west  ditch  and  perhaiis  half  a 
mile  from  it."  The  next  fall.  liHll.  Keays  did  not  note  tlie  bird,  nor 
has  it  been  seen  on  the  I'oiut  since. 


:'.m^^'^w€^^M 


^SFTSET^Il 


iv^■^>fc     iiL^~-±  . 


ikjf\- 


Mi 


(Raprlated  from  Tmf  Wilmn  Bulutin,  Jane,  1908.] 


THK    I'.IKDS    or    I'OIXT    PIXEE. 


iiv  r.  A.  TA"   tNm  AM>  n.  ii.  swaiks. 

(('oiitlnned  froin  Vol.  XI.V   p.  i.vi.) 

142.t     *l'haiiiia  rry/Zi/owr/fM.— Scnrlet  'r,ii:ji;:«'r-. 

We  have  fouml  the  Scnrlet  Tnnnaer  (■oinimm  on  all  Afiiy  visits,  [ii 
»lu>  fnll  It  Ims  iH»t  lieeii  n*  iinincrouK  us  fin>  ihrniulainr  tif  other 
KIMHica  would  |pa«l  ua  to  «iitl<  limtc.  Krom  8»«i»t»'iiilHT  I  to  I.",  ino.-».  wo 
anw  htit  Ave.  nil  on  the  nth.  The  next  yeiir  one  wns  seen  8e|)tfnil»er 
1  and  none  on  the  aurreedinK  vlalt  In  the  niiildle  of  the  anine  month 
However,  on  0«-tol)er  14  three  were  aeoureil  or  token.  In  1007  from 
Anenat  2<(  to  Reptenilter  2  one  or  two  were  note«l  ench  iln.v.  In  nil 
pmlMihlllly  It  l»  11  more  or  loss  roinmun  annnner  resliliMit. 

U:i.     •I'rnfiiir  xh/W«.— |>ni-]ile  Miirtln. 

The  I'nn>le  Mnrtin  hna  nhvn.va  l»een  preaeat  on  the  o<-en«lona  of 
onr  Mny  triiia  nlmiit  the  atreots  of  I.ennilnuton.  where  n  colony  «>r 
rolonlea  t-outlnue  to  hold  ont.  Hwnlaa,  In  lila  trip  from  Mny  1  to  I. 
llim,  diar-overed  from  ten  to  several  there,  while  nt  the  aiinie  time 
•  liey  had  not  arrived  In  any  numtiera  In  Detroit,  Our  fnll  dntea  have 
UMunlly  iH^n  ii  little  hue  for  this  a|ie.lea,  which  usiirilly  lenvea  thoae 
loenlltlea  before  the  end  of  Angnat. 

In  the  full  of  innn  Lypda  Jonea'  work  nmnns  the  outlying  utnn<!a 


tOwIng  to  a  mlMnke  of  the  writer,  the  nnmlierinu  of  mmie  of  the 
Inat  ^^iMH'lea  In  the  prevlona  ItiKtnllmont  of  tlila  Hat  ia  lncorre«t.  Thin 
l»  the  V'Mxr  nunilior  of  thia  («|ie<le«  In  its  aeipience  In  (he  list. 

I'.  A.  T. 


80 


TlIK  Wn.SON   P.UI.I.F.TIV — No.  ()3. 


(Irow  to  a  close  Just  altont  the  time  when  we  llrst  histnlled  mirjielves 
on  the  Tohit,  Septenilier  4.     In  resnril  to  this  s|)e<ios,  he  s.iys: 

"Crossed  in  great  nunilM'rs  from  Polee  Island  via  Middle  and  Kel- 
ly's to  Marl>lehead,  during  nty  stay  on  Pelee  Island. " 

'nic  siie<ies  liad  practically  gone  when  we  arrived  as  we  saw  lint 
live  stragglers  sailing  southward  over  the  marsh  on  the  r.th. 

In  ino»i.  no  fall  hirds  were  noted,  hut  the  following  year.  .\ugHst 
LM,  the  flight  had  not  yet  passed,  tliough  from  the  rejNirts  nf  the 
residents.  It  was  then  consideraldy  diniinlslied  In  nund)ers.  One  was 
seen  the  day  of  our  arrival,  Iiut  none  the  next.  On  the  I'lJtii  is  wero 
noted.  That  night  the  steadily  Mowing  wind  that  had  so  far  suc- 
L-eeiled  in  keeping  the  mosquito  pests  In  the  densi>  bush,  died  down 
and  they  sallied  forth  to  our  camp  hungry  after  a  three-days'  fn:;t. 
Mosipilto  netting  was  hut  a  slight  impediment  to  tlieir  tliglit  ;  dr>|M' 
hut  made  tlieni  mad.  and  smudge  smoke  goaded  them  to  frenzy  ai  <! 
hut  added  vigor  to  their  attack.  We  lay  on  the  lieaili,  close  to  t'le 
w.iter's  edge,  wrajijied  in  our  hlankets  until  we  ne.irly  snintliiMc  1. 
We  Fat  hi  the  smoke  of  the  lire  until  our  eyes  ran.  and  In  desiM'ratioii 
tliree  of  us  gathered  up  our  field  traps  in  the  I'ark  and  cfartPd  imt 
towards  the  cud  of  tie  I'oint.  We  arrived  tiiere  Just  as  tlie  tirsi 
laint  tliil  of  gray  was  shuwlng  on  the  eavtern  lim-izon  and  cliinhed 
to  tlie  top  of  the  tower  that  has  Immni  liefori'  mentlo:i(',l,  la  the  Iioih- 
that  the  inos.|nito  ppst-j  would  n  tt  asiead  to  that  altitude.  Tliough 
we  were  disappidnted  In  this,  there  were  compensations  that  really 
amply  repaid  us  for  all  our  night  of  troulile  and  the  lo-ig  tramp  out 
in  the  dark. 

Tlie  day  liroke  grey  and  clouily.    .\t  first  there  was  slleme.  hroken 
only  hy  the  sharp  monotone  of  our  little  torme-itors.  the  water  lap 
ping  tlie  shore,  or  the  rmle,  harsh  soiuids  of  our  mdsy  feet  u|Hin  tlie 
wfHMlen   floor.    Then   an   octaslonal   hlrd   note  cut    sharp   and   dear 
through  the  surrouinllng  gl(H>ni  a.s  a  WimmI  IVwee  cr  a  Chipping  Spar- 
row awoke.     It  grew   lighter,  and  the  nearhy   red  cedars  stood  s<d- 
idly  out   from   the  misty   l.aikgnmiid,  and   a   few   little  |>eeps  came 
down  from  high  overhead,  warning  us  that  either  the  niglit  migra 
tloiis  were  nut  yet  over  or  that  those  of  the  morning  were  Just   he 
L'uri,    .\s  it  l>e<-anie  lighter  and  the  mist  lH»(ame  slighlly  Inmliions.  we 
were  aware  of  occaxioiial  shadows  passing  swiltly  liy  w.  hnl  t-o  dim 
and  e<aiic«ceiil  as  to  lie  felt    rather  than   se<>ii.     There  was  im>  Min 
rise.  Imt.  as  tlie  landscape  grew  hrlgliter,  the  siN'.les  of  the  panvers 
hy  coiiltl  le  made  out   with  Mime  degree  of  certainty;  and  the  hlrd 
notes  <  nine  up  to  us  rather  oftener  as  hlrd  after  hlrd  awakened  and 
add4-d   Its  <|uola   to  the   Martin  ihcrus.     The  paspins  hlrds.   few   at 
lirsl,   lncrea^ed  in  iiumhers.     Itiink   Swallows  passed  hw.'lly   hy  and 
11  lew  liniiuh  wings,  hut  most  of  them  wcie  llnni  Swallows  llial  i  aiiic 
ahiiig  In  widely  s.attered  glimps  of  five  or  six;  cllniMng  up  Invlillde 

a'l'inl      wave      slopes,      pIlllMin^      n      lltJUUfiM*      .ll      lU^^      *.ti.        ;•>;.;      the;:;     Z-nr-^t  is;:T 


..  ^.«<i's-cn\<=,^(»  -,-&'jL-'<'«^.>S:  Jiutet';  ■ 


'I".\vi;u.m:k  wd  Su  ai.i.s— (  V\  Vuisv  I'ki.kk  I'.iki.s.       ,s1 

.lowii   the  iither  si.K-  in   Inn-  <.;isy  .niv.-.  \\illi  n   suii,j;ri,-  tuni  ii,,xv 
I.>  this  side  au.l  now  tu  that  n -,  if  ,l-il,.,t,.,l  l,y  oasily  hv.m.ImI.I,.  „!,- 

sl.-nirs,    invisil.lo   |.,   us.     onrc    in    a    wlii!,.   ,•,    c „,.■>•    Swiff   .ainc 

I'llsily  liy  nu  ra|,i,Ily  iMMlInu'  wiri-s  lik.>  ,i  ;.'ivMt  sjilunx  niotli.  All 
\>crp  niakinu'  sonlliwaid  anil  away  unci-  the  laki". 

Afl.T  if  iM.l  l.f.,.n  li'^iMl  ]■,..•  ahout  half  an  lionr.  an  (.<■.  a:.i.,iial  .Mar- 
tin api..-aiv.l  on  tho  l.iu.lwar.l  horizcn.  :;ivw  in  a|M,:i;vai  -i/.,.,  until 
hy  the  rcfrailion  cf  Ihf  iiinniin',:  mists  i(  sclh,,  .1  a>  laiuc  as  a  siaal: 
hawk,  jiasscl  us.  ami  was  suall.iwo.l  up  in  Ih.-  f.,-  ■iv.v  il,..  ,,„(,. r  „n 
the  faiihcr  siilc.     Tluw  canii'  (.fl.'ni-i-  an.l  ofti^n.T.  niilii  llicri'  w.is  a 

sIcail.N    ^ll■(•anl  of  tlio nini;  .l,.wn   tl,.'   I>,,iiii.   nut    hi   iv.'nlarly  m- 

;.'.iiii/..Ml    il.irks.   hut   sin::ly.   ami   in  uiii's   ami   tw..s  ami    half  i!m/.,.us. 

Sl.imlin-  thi'iv  in  tii.-  i.;ii-|y  ni,,r ■_-  h.iif  li^ij    j,    „as  must   inipivs- 

siv.  'l-lic  inlsi  |;iy  l.i.lnw  us  ami  .-.iv.-iv,!  ih,.  ^-i-ouml  with  s.,ft  ilia- 
l.hani.us  hiljows.  Tlii-oni:h  it  IIr-  sharp  .oni.al  hmI  ,|.,lar,s  pusluii  up 
half  th-.'ir  l.'ir.-th.  s|;arp  and  .  loar  ,ul  In  thf  fon-ruuml,  l.nl  iiri.uin.: 
diniMii'r  In  t!if  disian.v  until  tliry  nirlli'd  av..iy  inn>  ihi'  va-ii.'  hori- 
x.ini.     Tlii-sky  uasli'adi'ii  in  i-ojur.     Thrcu/h  tlic  mist  .-amfllir  Marlins. 

\Vi.  w(Mv  I'lcvali'd  III  ihfir  plan '  lli-iil  and  \\,-v,'  al ^^i^l  llifni. 

On  th->  lanii',  hird  all,T  hir.i.  mi  tli.-ir  sir,, a-  Ik.wciI  wiuLts.  ,,ut  ,,|' 
.Ih."  nrhulous  north,  niilin:;  siioni;  and  hlark  iirainsi  W-.,.  ncilral 
haik'.'iuund.  Wilhi.ul  Inirry  nr  hast,..  ,alm.  diirnilird  and  dfli-rininrd. 
thiw  h.ld  a  trih'  lonrs..  and  sw.rv.-d  nriihi-r  in  ,.iic  sid.'  or  lhi>  oilier.' 

With  no  app.iivnt  ( rrlcd  adion.  hut  as  if  ca.  h  mm  was  liHod  with 

a  like  hut  Indcpcnd.'iit  impiils,.  ,,r  mj-rali.ai  and  was  uru't'd  on  and 
I'll,  south.  .      r  south,  l.y  ail   iinv.ird  monilor  tliat   rul.Ml  supivino. 

K    was  only   a    l!i-lil   of   mi-r,n  in-    .Marlins,  and   laim.   .Miou^h    In 
tli.>  trlliiii.'.  I.ul  tin   ivality  xNas   impros.Mv..  Indivd.     'lli..  ..iiiptv  irray- 

iifss   of    Ih,.    \a,aiit    lamls,-: ami    ij,..    smv,.s> „■    Inipas'slon.ii,. 

hirils,   all    liasi,.uini;   nn.lcr  .1    n,.\s|,.rioiis    impuls,-   from   a    ivu-ion   of 

unknoun  .•M,.nt  to  il„.  nurlh  an, nvir.'in,'  lo  this  „n,.  liiil,.  spii  „r 

sail, I  pr,..i,..lin-'  mil  liil,.  ihc  «,il,.rs  on  llicir  «ay  to  a  s,,fi,.r  ,li,nalp. 
in  aidi,ipali,.ii  ,,f  ,,,l,|,r  lim.'s  .-.s  y,.|  in  ila'  fuliii,..  It  -av,"- 
th,.  impr..ssi,.n  of  a  m.^.r  ,.|i,|in.'  pi,.,,.vMnii  p.-si,,-  from  ,Mi,.'nn- 
known   to  an,ith,.r.      .vnmim.r  «as  |,,.|M.   nv  inl.r  u.is  ,,,mi„.-.   :|„.  ..a 

son  «as  a.lv;iii,in-  and  ,,,nl,l  !.,•  1 , ..  n.|.-,rd..,l  ilian  II...  ,,r,|,.r  of 

""'  ■•'•"^  ""''•'  I''  .ili'i'il      Word   ha, I  u- lorli,  ami  |,a,l  1 1,   r,.- 

,,.i\...!  l.y  ..aril  .•in.l  r\,',y  in,livi,liial.  .No  I'n.ry  n-oss  u.is  ..ssary     - 

.Naliiiv  ha, I  \WII,.,1  II,  and  Ihal   uas  suli|,i,.n!.  ih,.  .Ian v,-d  and  il 

ha,!  ,-oim.  io  pass.     Ima-lnallon  r,..i,- |  i,,i(i,  ..,,,.1  saw  il,..m  -alli,  r 

Inu-  fiMiii  Ih,.  H|„,|,.  in.\s|,.ri,,!is  n,,ii|,laii,l  S,.iu,.  »v,a-..  u,.ikiMi.'  ,lo\Mi 
Ih,.  rii-';:...!  ^*llo|•,.s  ,,f  C.n-jau   I'.av.  p.i.-,-,.,,.  fi„,n  li,..nllan.l   lo  li,.a,l 

'•'""'  '"■  '^'■""'  '•'  i-'^"',I  :  ,. IS  passion  „»..,.  ,,„.  s.  ,,r.  I,...l  sami  plains 

of  noriJM.rn   Mi,;.'„in.  ami  all   u,,-,.  h.'a I   In  il,..  .am,.  -,.u,.ral  ,|i 

nvlion   an.l,   «lll,   ih,.  sa l,.|:lM.ra(...  sp-aily   an.l  nnhurri...l   HL-hl, 

111,'  ini-'rali..ns  w,.r,.  pr...  ,.,.din_-  a-  im.\ilal,|v    .»  iii,. 


K.n^ 


AMiaiw.'^^, 


83 


The  WiLirON  Bulletin — No.  03. 


f 


We  watched  them  for  come  iline,  then,  after  collecting  n-few  al- 
most as  fast  as  we  eould  loud  and  Are,  returned  to  camp  for  break- 
fast. All  day  long  when  we  looked  up  we  could  see  the  same  steady 
stream  making  south  over  the  land,  while  durhii;  the  warmer  parts 
of  the  day,  the  higher  region  of  the  air  was  filled  with  thcni,  one 
above  the  other  as  high  as  the  e.ve  could  reach,  circling  aboiit  hither 
and  thlUier,  prejiaratory  to  proceeding.  A  hundr  !  birds  could  be  so 
counted  during  most  of  the  day;  but  this  could  not  have  been  the 
culmlnatlou  of  the  migration,  for  we  were  Informed  that  the  day 
previous  to  that  of  our  arrival,  on  the  2.3d,  one  of  the  residents  killed 
seventeon  at  one  shot.  This  must  have  been  a  great  ttoc-k,  and  we 
saw  nothing  like  It  during  our  stay. 

After  this  we  saw  but  occasional  Martins  each  day  until  September 
5,  whei;  another  snialler  flight  otvurred.  At  this  time  we  counted 
them  at  the  end  of  the  Point,  and  they  passed  over  at  alxmt  the  rate 
of  ten  every  fifteen  minutes.  B'rom  our  station  at  camp  we  judged 
that  they  continued  at  alwut  the  same  rate  iii  lay.  Pnrlng  the  i>re- 
vious  flight  there  were  double  this  number  passing,  and  perhaps 
treble  would  l)e  closer  to  the  mark.  The  former  flight  was  com- 
iwsed  mostly  of  adults  of  Iwth  sexes  with  a  few  Juvenile  males.  The 
latter  were  all  females,  a  few  adult.  No  males  at  mH  were  s.hmi  dur- 
ing our  i)erlotl  of  observation  at  the  .-nd  of  the  Poiiu  when  nearly  all 
passe  I  close  enough  to  us  to  make  this  jiolnt  practically  certain. 

The  first  flight  was  undertaken  In  a  light  breeze  blowing  from  the 
south,  hut  the  latter  was  in  the  teetli  of  a  giM)d  brisk  wind,  bathing 
the  wl.vie  beach  with  a  line  of  while  breakers  extending  for  some 
distance  from  shore.  In  spite  of  this  the  martins  and  sw.illows 
salletl  steadily  out  to  sea  without  a  moment's  hesitation  or  api>earlnc 
even  to  notice  the  stress.  At  the  same  time  we  noticed  other  species, 
notably  Cedarblnls.  essay  the  passage,  but  after  thorough  testing 
of  conditions,  concludeil  it  too  strenuous  and  returned  for  more  fa 
vorable  times. 

From  statements  made  by  several  of  the  residents  living  in   the 
vicinity  of  the  lower  part  of  the  Point  the  spring  flight  of  tlie  mar 
tins  a'Hmt  tlie  middle  of  A|iril.  1!HI7.  nnist  have  been  even  more  ex 
tensive  llian  the  fall   flight.     They  relate  h<  .v  the  birds,  overtaken 
by  the  cold,  raw  weather  that  prevailed,  rluntercd  in  Inuuense  n\nn 
Im'I's  at  night   in  all  availalile  outhonscs,  wliere  Ihcj   .-.•v.-rcd   every 
IM)8sible  i«-rchnig  place,   loinpletely   lining  the  walls,  fliM.r-.   etc.  es 
Is'clHliy  in  a  deHcrted  barn.     We  have  not  lieeii  lortuuiite  i'noui,'h  to 
U-  prewMit  on  the  Point  during  the  |M"rlod  of  the  spring  flight. 


1-H.     I'ltmrhrliilon   hinifiniiK.—VWft  Swallow. 
'I'liougb   never  very  common  we  have  foinid  :i   limited   number  of 


{•iiST  S^^aiioiv 


■,i:i     ::i'-ri 


„ 1. 1..    .  iult 


'^f:*Vi!r!l!    Sf?*J!!    M^)v 


1.1,   llXi'i.     Two  SeptemUT   11  of  the  same  ycnr  In  .•omi'iiu.v  with  a 


TaVKUM  l<    AM)    SWAI.F.S — Ox    PoiNT    Pf.LKE    BiKDS.         H'.] 

mixed  llocli  of  nmn  and  Rank  Swallows.  Several  May  lift,  UKX!,  and 
aliout  tive  Seiiteiiilier  1,  lIHNi,  on  the  telet,'i"a|ili  wires  at  the  l)ase  uf  tlin 
I'oint.  None  noted  tlie  May-June  trip  of  the  following  year,  but  from 
Auiiust  '_'4tli  to  the  :{lst.  from  two  to  ten  weve  seen  each  day.  lint  none 
in  Seittemlier.  Xot  noted  .May  1-J,  I'.MIS,  when  Wallace  and  Swales 
made  a  trip.  This  Is  liy  n.>  means  an  abundant  speiMes  in  this  sec- 
tion. Its  reddish  tan  rump  makes  a  eijiispicuous  and  certain  Held 
mark  when  the  Itird  is  in  tliKlit. 

1  l.'i.     *IHriiiiili)  I  ryllriiiiaxli'd. — Itarn  Sawllow. 

A  ctinnnon  snnnner  resident.  Connnon  on  all  May  dates.  In  VM^Tt 
tlie  last  were  noted  Septemlier  .">,  when  considerahle  nundters  were 
seen.  In  liHi.S  they  were  connnon  the  tlrst  tliree  days  of  Septendier, 
and  ahout  twenty-five  were  noted  the  l.'th.  and  aUmt  ten  the  l!>tli. 
In  r.Kii  they  were  still  <-ommon  and  mi^'ratiu);  heavily  u])  to  tiie  time 
of  unr  leavinj:,  September  (!. 

1  Ki.     *lriil<iiiro<'nf  hicolor. — Tree  Swallow. 

The  Tree  Swallow  we  have  found  practirnHy  connnon  on  ail  -May 
dales.  In  the  fall  it  has  never  lieen  abundant.  In  September,  IJHCi, 
a  few  were  iioted  daily  fnim  the  -Ith  to  11th.  on  whicli  latter  date 
several  liocks  were  observed  passinj;  over.  Septendier  IM,  llKMi,  three 
were  seen,  nnikinij  our  oidy  record  for  tlie  loc.ility  tliat  season.  In 
l!Hi7  from  one  to  ei;;htecn  were  noted  from  .VtlKUst  L'llh  to  the  :Mtth, 
ami  no  more  after  that.  There  has  been  a  cmsidcrable  diminution 
in  the  abundance  of  the  fall  tlocks  of  this  si>ei-les  in  this  section  of 
late  y<  \rs. 

UT.     •/I'l/mnVi  riituria. — linnk  Swallow. 

Coiiimon  on  all  .M.-iy  visits.  In  1!Hi."i  Hu-  last  fall  Hock  was  noted 
Septendier  11.  In  I'.NMl,  connnon  the  lirsl  three  days  of  September, 
and  not  seen  during.'  our  return  visit  in  the  middle  of  the  month.  In 
I'.HiT.  i;rcat  ninnbcrs  were  seen  the  I;itter  end  of  Ani:ust  from  the 
L'illi,  irrcfjidarly  diininisliini:  to  the  time  of  our  departure.  Septem- 
ber <1,  wlien  but  several  were  imted.     .\  few  seen  .May  -•   I!"*'**. 

1  |v>.     *slth:iiliii>liipj-  m  rriin  iiiiis.  —  ItouKii-wiuKed   Swallow. 

One  of  the  iriimy  interesting  I'vciils  of  our  fjill  trip  of  llHi"  was  lln' 
number  of  Uoic'h  wln;;s  seen  inltfralin;;  from  .\ni:nst  I'l  to  Septendier 
-'.  They  were  i;cnerally  mixed  in  wllli  hir!,'e  Hocks  of  Itaiil;  Swal- 
lows, and  nearly  every  time  we  closely  scrnlinizeil  the  latter  we 
found  numbers  of  the  former  aiiioni:  them.  We  cuuiiled  and  esti- 
mated the  nuintier  of  Hoimli  w  inixs  seen  on  these  various  days  iis  2t). 
ItHt.  1.1.  1,  '.'  and  10.  If  the  same  proportion  of  this  spcles  existed 
ill  all  thi>  Hocks  of  Itank  Swallows  tlic  niiiidier  of  this  u-nally  rare 
species  tliat  passed  over  the  Point  must  have  JK'en  very  great. 


!!    1 


H     !■ 


81 


Till'.  Wilson  IUi.i.ktix — Xn.  ii:>. 


\Vc  found  li.v  rcpoated  trials.  voviCuMl  liy  tlie  caiitiirc  of  spccimciis. 
that  rareful  attontioii  could  always  si'|iaralc  tlio  two  sptvies.  when- 
ever the  conditions  of  ohservation  were  at  all  favoralile.  A  closely 
discriminatinf;  eye  can  tell  tlieui  hy  the  dilTerence  in  lliu'ht,  as  Saun- 
ders several  times  demonstrated.  'I'o  the  les.s  acute,  the  soft  brown- 
ish sufTusion  over  the  throat  and  h'vast  of  the  Kou-h-winir.  instead 
of  the  sliarply  dehned  breast  bar  of  the  I'.ank  and  the  sli;;htly  more 
reddish  cast  (more  aiipreciahle  in  life  than  in  museum  specimens) 
are  iiuite  sullicient  to  separate  the  two  species.  The  sli-lilly  super- 
ior si>:e  of  s(riii)Viuits.  though  sometimes  quite  apparent,  is  not  al- 
ways sutliciently  marked  for  ready  recoi;nition. 

Tliou^'li  (|Uite  a  number  were  taken,  all  were  juveniles  and  willi- 
out  the  characteristic  rousihness  on  tlie  primaries  that  wives  them 
their  distinctive  name.  SeciMin;;ly.  this  p.'culiar  feallier  specializa- 
tion is  only  aoiuired  witli  a:;e.  and  we  have  spring'  birds  that  are 
entirely  without  it  and  others  on  wliich  it  is  but  8li','litly  marl;^. 
Swales  saw  several  May  1'.  I'.X''^.  in  company  with  numbers  of  r.iirn 
Swallows. 

HO.     •  \)iii><lis  ml  nil- II  III. — Cedar  Waxwinjr. 

("onunon  on  nearly  all  visits  except  thos*-  of  October  in  I'.wir.  and 
I'.MHi.  It  .seems  also  to  be  present  diuinu'  tlie  winter  in  considerable 
numl>ers.  and  (ianliier  reported  tlieni  at  various  times  durinjr  the 
winter  of  I'.HKi-T  and  1'.hi7-S.  We  saw  lar^'e  Hoiks  Man  h  '.l-U".  I'Mii. 
Seiitember  5,  1!K(7,  we  saw  a  Hock  start  out  o\er  the  Like  with  the 
evident  intention  of  crossini:.  but  the  stiff  south  wind  pn.ved  t.M> 
Strom;  for  them  ami  they  returned.  Very  ci.mmon  May  1-:'..  in  larp; 
tlocks,  tlistributed  all  over  the  I'oint. 


in  I-OTIIKTICAI. 

1,111, iiix  f.orr'rt^is.— Northern  Shrike. 

Thoiiu'li  this  species  nndonlitedly  occuis.  \\c  ll-t  It  •jiypniliciii  m1" 
for  the  sake  of  consistency  as  wc  iiavi-  no  ;ibs(ihilel.\  .uHhcnlic  rec- 
orrl  nf  ils  oc(  urren<  c  C.irdncf.  nn  lieiiii.'  shown  a  .Mi|.Maiil  Sliiikc. 
rcporliMl  bavin.'  sei'U,  in  llic  ulnl'V.  bircis   like  i(   but   laPLtcr. 


l.-iil. 


»/.'// 


Iiiil'i 


-Miirrant    Slirike. 


i»f  iatc  vciirs  we  liave  fo\mil  this  spi 


almost   siiui  c  .'\biinl    I  »e 


(roll. 


pr    has 


it    been    conimnn    on    tlie  I'oinl.     I'roiii  .XiuusI  "Jl  to 


SeptiMiibcr  •■> 


i;"iT 


ited  simile  indlviihiais   sfxeral   times:  oiici 


near  Sluii-'coii   ClccU.  at    llic  I'.a.'e.   u-aiii  a' 


ul   lialf  way  oul,  in  llie 


lid    liciiuci-y   biiil.liii;::   and  on   two  or   llirc.-  oii:is- 


vicinity   of   some 

ions,  ill  the  dcMTlciI  licld.s  ne;ir  tiic  cu 

i:ni7.  a  j;;vr;;;!c  «:,r   •■: ■■;!;;!:?    •■!  =:-^   '■■■■    ••■ 

Keen  them  on  no  other  occasions. 


1  of  Die  roiiit.     Septcnilicr 


T.WKKNKR    AND   S\\  AI  KS— 0\    PoINT    PkI.KK    I'IUDS.         8.") 

I'll.    *yir(o  oliraccii.1. — Uod-eyod  Virco. 

I'riK  liciilly  (oiimion  on  all  scasoiiiildo  visits.  They  were  not  yet 
Iiresciit  AFiiy  1-4.  I'.MiS.  hut  linvc  hccu  oliscrvcd  on  all  other  M.-iy 
<hites.  In  Septeniher,  I'.Mi."..  they  were  coiniiioii  until  the  Sih.  tlien 
one  WHS  se(>n  tlie  lltli.  ami  no  more  up  to  the  date  of  our  departure, 
the  lotli.  In  Septeniher,  I'.MMi.  tliey  were  nnnieroiis  ilurins  our  visit 
tlie  lirst  tliree  days  of  tlie  uiontli.  hut  on  our  return  tlie  l."itli.  Uiere 
were  none  noted  initil  tlie  17th.  when  from  one  to  four  were  seen 
each  day  to  our  departure.  Some  reiii.iincd  well  into  Cetoher.  :ind 
several  wer(>  noted  tlie  1  Ith  of  that  month.  I'pilii  Au.'iist  '.'tlh  to 
Septeniher  r.tli.  I'.HiT.  tliey  were  seen  e\.  ry  day.  their  nunihers  lulnii- 
n.itlii','  llic  :^(ith.  '1  lie  ne.\t  day  nut  one  was  ohserved.  and  from  then 
on  to  lli(>  day  of  our  departure  hur  scattered  individuals  were  seen. 

l-'.L'.     ''\in''i  /</)i/((r/W/<///r«s.  -Philadelpliia   Viieo. 

AppareiUly  a  re^xuiar  and  not  uncommon  spring  ami  fall  nd^'rant. 
althouirh  we  never  ehserved  it  on  the  I'oint  mil  II  Septeniher  1.  1!Hm;, 
when  a  male  was  secured  and  otic  au'ain  on  e.cli  of  the  two  sueeeed- 
lu«  days,  (hi  the  return  \isit.  the  same  month,  two  or  three  were 
seen  or  secured  eacli  day  from  the  ITth  to  the  L'lst.  The  followiuu 
spring',  l!Mi7.  the  were  ohsi'rved  May  :!1  and  four  the  ne.xt  day. 
None  were  reco^rnized  during  the  full  trip  of  .Vu^ust  IM-Septemher 
li.  I'.MiT.  On  this  last  occasion,  however,  all  the  early  fall  nil;;ratioiis 
were  liver  a  week  late  and  eoiiseiiuenlly  the  ureal  proiiahility  is  tliat 
lliey  had  not  yet  arrived.  In  the  fall  the  Philadelphia  Vireo  can 
he  distlii;.'uislied,  under  f-  vorahle  circiuiisiaiiccs.  with  no  ureal 
dilliinlly.  owiiii:  to  the  .  ..mparalively  hr!;;lit  yellow  underparts 
thai  serves  at  ome  to  disliiiL'iiish  it  from  either  tlie  Ked-eyed  or 
Warhliii','  \ireos  with  wliicli  it  is  apt  to  l>e  confused.  In  the  spriu;: 
its  likene.ss  to  the  Warhlin;;  is  most  confiisiiij:.  and  llien  even  an 
experienced  eye  should  he  aided  hy  the  eur,  <  »f  'oiii-.s,.  ^jth  me 
hird  in  the  liand,  the  ahseiice  of  tlie  '.uiliiiieiitary  or  •  hastard"  llrst 
primary  is  always  an  easy  and  conclusive  test  of  the  I'hiladelphia. 


i: 


>\  I, 


ililriii 


-Warhlinj;  \'ireo. 


The  Warhllm.'  X'irco  has  alw,i.\s  hern  a  coniii  n  hiid  aloiii;  the 
westein  or  wooded  sections  of  the  Point  on  all  May  \isiis,  except 
Iho-e  of  .Ma.\  M.  I'.MH.  and  May  .'It  .Iniie  I.  I'.MiT.  I'roni  this  l.itlcr 
date  we  arijue  thai  it  i^  not  .i  nininion  summer  re-idciit.  (Mir  only 
fall  dale  is  Septeniher  .':.  IIHM!.  when  a  few  were  noted.  This  \ireo 
rarely  lliiL'ers  in  this  section  .ifter  the  thvt  of  Si'pteinher. 

l."p|       l//(o  //'(I  i/Co/K.  ~  Vellow-thioated   \  Ireo. 

Thoiich   a   conimon   snimner  resident   and  still    more  numerous  ml 
L'rant   in  the  Ilelmll   vjchiily    slivini^i'ly  en'Miuh.   it   ^^ee'ii"  to  Ih.'  ;<   r:n'e 
hlrd  on  the  Point,     (hir  few   records  are  not  thoroughly  satlsfactor\ . 


msmME^immM^ 


80 


TlIK  WlI-SON    RUI.I.ETIN No.   fi;?. 


havlns  been  but  piirsory  si«ht  iilentlBoations  iiinde  by  various  iiiem 
bers  of  our  parties  under  not  very  favoral)lp  coiiditions.  anil  iniawar.' 
of  tbe  scarcity  of  the  species   in  tlils  particular  locality.     May   H. 
l!K>r..  we  liste'tl  tliree,  September  i:*.   VXW,,  several,  and  Au^'ust  t-".*. 
]!)07,  one. 

l"),"*.     *Viico  sol U a n IIS. — niuo-headetl  Vlreo. 

May  14.  l!>or»,  tliis  was  a  common  liird  on  the  Point  and  we  were 
seldom  out  of  sljjht  or  iiearin«  of  one  or  more  dnrlnn  our  whole 
tramp  from  the  camp  to  the  base  of  the  I'olnt.  That  fall  one  was 
taken  September  1.'!.  which  was  likely  the  first  of  the  miiirants. 
The  next  year  (IWC.)  we  noted  none  in  May;  tlie  2n-2lst  bein;; 
rather  late  for  them  In  a  normal  .vear.  Tliat  fall  (V.xii;)  one  and 
two  were  detected  September  IS  and  li).  The  spring  of  l!Mt7  bein« 
phenomennlly  late,  one  bird  was  seen  May  V,\  and  anotlier  .Time  1. 
For  the  fall  micralions  of  that  year  we  iiave  hut  one  date  and  one 
Individual,  Aufjust  31,  which  is.  necordint;  to  our  experience.  >ni- 
usually  early.  The  white  eye  rinc  and  h)ral  strljie.  standlnj;  out 
from  the  clear  Kray  of  the  liead.  make  a  field  recognition  mark  not 
easy  to  mistake. 

].•><!.     *Minotnta  in; /(i.— Black  and  White  Warbler. 

May  14.  I'.t0.">.  a  practhally  normal  sprhii.'.  but  two  were  noicd. 
The  followin):  year.  May  Ltl-'-'l.  was  ton  late  for  them  and  none  were 
observed,  but  the  sprinn  of  1!HI7,  which  wjis  remarkable  for  its  late- 
ness, we  caw  live,  May  :tl.  A  few  were  ix.ted  May  .'!  and  4.  IIX'-^. 
It  has  been  prepent  and  more  or  less  connnon  diirin;:  all  our  fall 
dates,  except  those  of  October.  In  VM).\  a  few  were  seen  from  Scp- 
tendier  4  to  S.  after  which  none  were  observed  until  the  l.'ith.  when 
n  lar»;e  HIjilit  arrived,  and  they  were  cnmmon  lor  the  da.v,  but  b'l't 
that  nl«ht  and  but  three  were  noted  the  next  mornin;:.  In  l'."H'. 
nothint;  worthy  of  note  was  observeil  either  in  nundier  or  lluctna- 
tlons  of  nuudier  duriii«  our  two  trips  to  the  I'nint.  th"U;.'li  they  were 
(onsiderably  more  numernus  on  the  first  than  on  the  later  visits. 
They  were  already  present  on  om-  nrriv  il  Auu'ust  IM.  V.:.<~.  and  re- 
main<><l  in  fairly  i-onstanl   iinmbers  imtll  we  left.  Septen r  n. 

I."i7.     *n<lminlliiii'liilii   /)((ii/ '.—  lUui'-wini.'cd   Warbler. 

September  L',  I'.Mif,,  Taverner  had  the  pleasure  not  oidy  of  addiiii: 
this  species  to  llie  I'elec  list,  but  nf  iiiakiiit:  a  priniill  rcmrd  fur  the 
Kominion  when  he  took  a  Juvci  .e  of  iiKb'Icrniinalc  Fex  in  a  «rapc 
vine  tanule  near  the  east  shore  at  the  end  of  the  Cross  Uoiid.  The 
specimen   is   numbered    No.   CHIJ    in   his   colli-ction.     The   next    day    be 

..•.,.  ,.  .    .       ,.,.*■...,.      I...*     ......1,1,.     ,,.    111,. I     it      ill    (Im 

dense  shrubbery. 


Tavkrner  and  Swales — On  Point  Pelee  Dirds. 


87 


% 


I'kS.    Ilclminthophila  chrysoptcra. — Golden- winged  Wnrb:  •■. 

This  is  nnotlier  species  common  all  suuimer  In  the  Detroit  vicinity, 
but  rather  rare  on  tlie  I'oint.  Fortunately,  though  no  s|ieciniens 
have  been  taken,  tliey  have  been  seen  under  circumstances  that  make 
i(lontit1catiiii\  certain.  May  21,  1!KM!,  one  was  noted.  Aujjust  31, 
1!N>7,  anotlier  was  seen  by  Taverner  near  camp,  and  Sei)teuilK>r  2  the 
same  oitserver  noted  one  alonst  tlie  east  shore  in  tiie  vicinity  of  the 
Cross  Uoad. 

l.">!>.     *H(hntnthophHa  nihricapiUa. — Nashville  Warbler. 

Mkely  a  more  or  less  connnon  and  a  reRuIar  migrant,  thouRli  our 
records  for  the  species  are  few  and  more  or  less  scattered.  One 
.May  l.'i,  liX)"!,  and  three  Septenilier  (5  of  the  same  year.  The  ne.vt 
fall  five,  one,  elslit,  si.v  and  one  were  enumerated  Septenil)er  1,  IS, 
l!i,  20  and  21,  but  none  on  the  spring;  trip  of  May  20-21.  One  was 
noted  May  .'{1,  1!K»7,  amouK  the  late  warblers  of  that  abnormal 
sprin;.',  but  up  to  the  time  of  our  departure  in  the  fall,  Septeml)er  <!, 
tliey  iiad  not  put  in  an  appearance.  The  si)rin>:  of  1!KW,  Swales 
noted  one  eacli  day.  May  2  and  3. 

IGO.    *Uelminthitphila  pcrcyrina. — Tennessee  Warbler. 

A  regular  and  not  unconnnon  migrant,  sprine  and  fall.  Ten  noted 
.May  14,  l!tO,".  May  20-21.  lOOti.  which  is  normally  late  for  them,  non.; 
were  stH'n,  but  May  ."HI  and  June  1,  l!tO",  when  so  many  late  warb- 
ler records  were  made,  two  ratlier  <|uestionable  birds  were  notecl. 
None  were  listed  May  1-4,  liMiH. 

In  the  fail  it  is  one  of  tiie  earliest  warblers  to  arrive.  On  Aufxust 
2ti,  1!H>7,  one  was  taken :  an  arrival  date  that  seems  al>out  normal, 
.•IS  we  can  cloBcly  parallel  It  witli  Detroit  dates.  We  saw  but  one 
oilier  tliia  season,  on  the  2'.>th.  The  preceiling  year  tliey  were  still 
present  In  some  innnbers  the  first  tliree  days  of  September,  and  in 
full  son;:.  One  was  noted  September  4.  liHt.'i,  nnd  .-iiiotlier  the  14th. 
The  species  remains  ipiite  late  and  we  have  a  retMrd  of  an  Indi- 
vidual. October  14.  lOOt;. 

Itil.     *<'iimpMi)tliliii)is  niHirirniia   iimieir. — Northern   Parula   Warl>ler. 

Conversely  to  tiie  cases  of  the  (iolden-wiiifred  Warbler  anil  the 
Yellow-throated  ViriH).  cited  before,  this  species  seems  to  be  a 
r.'ither  ciiiiimiiii  migrant  on  tlie  I'oint.  at  least  in  spring,  while  it  is 
very  rare  at  Detroit  at  ail  seasons.  May  14.  I'.Hi.".  wlilcli  Is  our  only 
^|iriii>:  date  strictly  witliin  Us  re^uiiir  miixrational  season,  we  found 
I  very  comiiioii  the  whole  lensth  of  the  western  w«Mided  shore.  None 
were  observed  .May  20-21.  l!HHi.  but  In  the  abnormally  late  spring  of 
l!io7  we  s:iu'  ftnit  May  .-o.  and  tliree  June  1.  The  fall  of  the  same 
year  one  was  taken  .\uKUst  2S.  kIvIii);  us  our  only  fall  date. 


■y^k'.-'Mu 


as 


ir.2. 


TiiK  Wii.sox  lifi.i.icTfx — Xo.  (;;i. 


'Dciiilroica   tUiiiini. — Ciipe  Mny   Warlilcr. 

This  species.  Ion;:  cliissed  ns  one  of  the  rarest  of  th<.'  wurlilers,  has 
proveil  itself  «i\irlM'4  our  work  nt  tlie  I'oint  to  warrant  :i  lianlly  less 
strict  term  tliaii  Kcarc(>  and.  at  times,  has  lieen  almost  connnon.  We 
liave  never  (lete<te(l  its  preseme  in  sprin;;.  lint  that  is  lilicly  iiecau'^e 
tlie  dales  of  our  sprin'.;  woric  on  tlie  I'oint  liavc  never  fallen  within 
those  of  the  lieiKliI  of  the  warhler  ml^'rat  .ns.  In  I'.Hi.".,  three  were 
tatien  Sejiteniher  s.  ami  ten  seen  or  taken  the  i:!th.  in  the  H'd  cedar 

thickets  near  the  end  of  the  I'oint  and  llie  presence  of  more  sli -' 

ly  snspecti'd.  In  llmi;,  two  wi-re  taken  or  oliserved  Septendur  IT. 
and  an  e<iual  nnndier  the  next  da,\.  In  llMii.  from  one  to  four  wer<' 
noted  or  captureil  each  day  fnnn  Aiiirnsl  L".i  to  September  L'.  .Vmoni; 
l!u>  spet  imens  so  ^iatherod,  we  olitained  an  almost  complete  series  ..f 
f:ill  pinniam's — from- the  yoiiic^'  of  llie  year  to  adults  of  hoth  sexes 
In  life  there  is  something:  p(Mtiliarly  characlcristic  in  the  appear 
nnco  of  f.  faint,  liidden  <opper  spot  that  can  only  he  distin'-'uislied 
in  some  juvenile  lemales  on  parting  tlie  featluTs.  hut  is  pre-ent  in 
all  ppecimons  so  far  examined. 

ir,:!.     *l)ciiili'iiiu  '(.N/irf/.-  Yellow   W.irhler. 

Common  on  ail  M.iy  visits  except  lli.il  of  lltn^  wlicn  hut  twn  were 
ohserved  on  the  :'.d.  The  season,  howcvcf,  w.is  \  ly  late,  the  weather 
inclement  and  all  warhlers  were  liehind  in  tiieir  appearance.  Tlie 
Yellow  \Yarlder  is  one  of  tlie  earliest  warhlers  to  depart  in  fall,  .and 
conse<|uently  we  have,  until  P.kiT.  Ikcu  lale  lor  it  on  our  aiilnam 
trips.  Ahout  Ih'Iroit  it  is  not  ccinnioii  to  see  them  after  the  lirst 
of  .\u;:ust.  and  often  the  la^l  ones  are  oliserved  ahont  the  middle  of 
July.  However,  from  .\ui:\isl  •2\  to  I'M.  we  s.iw  one  or  two  c.idi  da\. 
and  once  as  ni;iny  as  six.  then  no  more  were  iioti-.i  until  Septemlier 
li,  when  the  last  two  were  noleil.  Several  times  iii  .May  we  have 
fouml  a  nnmlier  of  peculiar,  unmarked  and  much  worn  ^reen  plniii- 
aues  .-imoni,'  them.  May  •_'ii--Jl.  p.hm;,  «<•  were  parliculailv  siniik  with 
their  numliers.  They  inxariahly  haunted  Ilic  u'round  and  lirush 
piles,  actiii;,'  more  like  memliers  of  the  v;enus  iii  nlhlijiiix  th.an  /'<  " 
ihuiiii.  Several  were  laki'u  fur  <  oiincclicuts.  from  their  iiciuli:ir 
skulkii.:  actions,  and  sulTcnd  in  ci,-.  luence.  AIIIhucIi  their  kind 
w.-is  siiiiiiii'.'  all  arcanid  llieiii  tln'y  iiiurcd  uolhni;;  luit  i-ominnnplacc 
little  peeps,  'llieir  pluioaLe  \\:is  uiirn  and  soiicd.  and  all  taken 
proved   lo  he   females   Willi   |"Hirl.\    dcvelopi'd   ovaries. 

li;i.      *l>f  iiili'-it'i    c(/ /  ((/.  vci /(.s.  -  I'dilcl;  liiroaled    I'.lue    Waiiiler. 

A  I ommon  spriii.'  tiiid  f.ill  nii;.'raiil.  .May  1.".  I  I.  llHi."  w.-i-^  .ilioiit 
the  culiiiiii.'ition  iif  their  mi'.:ration  iiuil  tlie>  were  ahiinniiit  in  .ill 
the  wiKided  sections  of  the  roint.  Tlie  ncxl  year,  .M.iy  L'<i:JI.  «.is  a 
little  t.iic  ]i<\  tilt  ill  .r..o  <  ■ '[i^ct(ii*  it '  i.\  I'ii;  l*\',  ".",;;■■■  :-ii  ;.  I  Miriii^ 
the  ahiiorimil    sprin.u'   of    lIMiT,   si.x   and   four   were  vccn    M,iy   .".1    .ind 


^ 


Hi 


l.WKRNKK    AND    S\V AI.KS— On    I',. INT    I'l  I  rr.    r'.lRI>S.         SO 

'mio  1  rcgpp(  lively.  Xone  vcro  seen  May  1-1.  l!Ki.S.  in  ||,o  la!) 
tlioy  scpiii  to  iiiciir  in  Krcitcsl  iildiiid.iiK  c  alidut  llic  lifst  wn-U  of 
Scpteinlior.  In  I'.Hi.'i  they  wvn'  coiiiiiioii  rnmi  Si'pleii  hor  4  to  i:'.. 
after  which  their  iniiiilx-is  suddenly  di..|.ped  off  to  noihin,-.  'llio 
iip.vt  year  they  were  i)resent  in  limited  nnndiei-  llie  lirsf  iliree  da.^  s 
or  the  month,  and  on  our  reinrn  visit  from  the  ir.ili  to  -.'Jd,  sevei-il 
to  lirteen  were  iioied  e;i<li  d.i v,  the  l.iMcr  i.iimln'r  heim;  reach;'d  hut 
once,  the  :.'(ith.     .\s   late  as  o.toher  ten   were  noi.'d.     They   ha.l 

not  put  in  an  iippearaiice  on  the  Point  in  P.M17  up  to  the  time  of  onr 
deparlure  Septemher  •!.  A  valnahle  liild  n.arl;  lor  this  species  is 
tlie  white  spot  at  the  hase  of  the  folded  primaries,  that  is  present  to 
a  more  or  less  marked  decree  In  nearly  .-ill  plnmai;es.  This  is  one 
of  the  few  warlilers  of  wlp^h  the  fall  juveniles  .-uv  almost  indis- 
lin^'uishalile  in  |dinna!.'e  from  'he  spring  adults. 

IC").     "Itrndroii-a  nnoiiadi.—MyTtlc  Wnrhler. 

.Afay  It.  )!Mi.-.  iliis  species  was  .  oinmon  on  the  Point  .111. 1,  thoich 
we  failed  to  Tiotice  an.v  May  L'li-ui.  ]im;(!,  one  was  seen  each  day  of 
.May  .•!(»  and  June  1.  piiiT.  This  late  date,  however.  me:iiis  very  !' 
tie  from  a  iiiiL'rational  stand|iolnt  for.  as  Ikis  heen  hefore  mentioned, 
it  was  an  ahnorinal  sprin;:  and  many  birds  v mained  lom:  after  their 
ii-nal  tiiiii'  for  departure  had  p;issed.  Ma.\  I  ;!.  P.mis,  it  was  f.-iirly 
common  on  all  three  days  sp<nt  on  the  I'oiiit.  In  I'h;.-.  hut  one  in 
diviilual  was  ohservrd  <  >ctoher  L'!i.  as  they  hiid  n<it  yet  arrived  up 
to  llie  time  of  our  departure  on  the  former  trip.  Septemher  l.'i.  Tli  • 
followin;:  year  the  lirsl  fall  mi;.'rant  was  noted  Septemher  1.'0.  and 
more  the  next  two  sn.  .  eediiii;  d.iys.  ami  were  rpiile  numerous  (ic 
lolx'r  U  and  1.".  .None  were  detected  the  fall  of  pMtT  to  tlie  dale  ,1 
nur  leaviiiL'.  Septemher  ti. 


M 


JtiC.     */*(  jK/coicd     (yi((c»/r..«</. -Maj^nolia   Warhler. 

I!ut   two  seen    .May   2.    Pits,   hut    common  ,.n  .ill  other   .May   trips. 
Si\  were  noted  as  late  as  .Jiiiie  1.  P.miT.     Seplemlier.   PM;.",  it  w.is  l!u' 

inatliiL'ly  coi on   fiMin  the  llh  to  l.'lh.  coiiinioii  the  ii> -1  tinee  ilays 

"'   " i""»li   111    1!"!';.  hut   very   varial.le  in  nnniher>   1:0m   lii  •   Pith 

to  L'lsi,  when  it  only  readied  iiumliers  to  he  <hw|_'iiated  con ,  r.e 

-nili.      Several    were   noted   each    day    tr .Vuiriisl    I'Tlh    l( ■   d- 

parliire  Septemher  •'.,  IMoT. 

Ho.     'Ill  II, 1,1, i<  II    I'..' (■„/,  (/.-c.nilean    W.iililer. 

.\lthon;,''i  (he  fenn.an  WarMer  is  a  common  mi-r.i'it.  n\„\  n„t  iiii 
cuiumon  l.reedcr  on  the  ad.jaceiit  .Miclii;.'an  si  le  of  the  iuh  ni.-iliom' I 
iHiiindary,  it  ua>  far  from  inimemns  .-it  any  s(  .1-011  when  w  li.ave 
iieeii  at  the  Point.  In  the  spriii:;  we  h.-ive  seen  hnl  .1  few  imlividiiah  . 
.Ma.v  li,  Uh',.  and  -«.  I'.Kir,.  it  is  an  e:nly  mi-rant  in  fall  and  iisn.illy 
passes   through  this   latitude  the   latter  [lart   of   .\ii-ust.     Septemhei 


m^^Mmam^ 


90 


TiiK  Wn.soN  Pirr-LKTiN — No.  G;j. 


4,  1!H;r>.  out'  was  taken,  and  in  l!Ki7  n  few  were  seen  each  day  from 
AumiHt  LMl  to  li!»,  when  the  hist  evUlenlly  deiiarted. 

KkS.     *J)inilroica  ixiistilvuiiica. — Cliestnut-sided  Warhler. 

Common  sprinK  mi^'rant  and  regnhir,  lint  In  more  Ihnlted  num- 
hers,  In  tlie  fall.  May  H,  1!H).">,  It  was  conunon,  bnt  we  saw  none 
May  20- IM,  I'.hm;.  Anionc  the  other  extrao.  Unary  oc<nrrenies  of  tl"- 
s|irini;  of  I'.KlT  was  the  ^reat  nuniliers  of  this  species  noted  Jnne 
1.  We  estlniateil  the  nnmhers  seen  that  day  as  150.  In  the  fiill  wc 
noted  a  few  at  the  he^'innlns  and  end  of  onr  stay,  Sep*  "niher  415. 
One  ea<h  day  Septeniher  :'..  IS  and  10.  1!Xm;,  and  several  were  noted 
daily  hetween  .\nf;nst  Lit  and  the  time  of  onr  departnre,  Septeniher 
ti.  1007. 

1(H).     *ncii<lniica  cffi/d/Kd.— Itay-hreasted  Warbler. 

.\  connnon  spring  and  fall  migrant.  .May  14,  UHG.  it  was  almost 
ahimdant  and  was  certainly  the  most  common  warhler  miirrant  on  the 
IViint.  May  1'0-21.  I'.Kh!.  was  a  I'ttle  late  for  their  normal  migration, 
hnt  the  nhnormal  spring  of  11M)7  saw  them  still  present  In  eonsider- 
nhle  nnndiers  .Tnne  1.  None  were  noted  May  1  4,  lOOS.  In  the  fall 
we  have  seen  them  In  fair  mnnliers  on  all  of  onr  Septend)er  trips,  in 
I!I07  as  early  as  .Vucnst  -•!.  They  generally  eome  in  coniiiany  witli 
the  I'.lack-iM)lls,  which  rather  ontmnuher  them  in  ahnndance,  and 
which  they  so  closely  resendile  in  fall  as  to  make  the  separation  of 
the  two  species  sometimes  most  dillicult  even  to  the  most  expert.  It 
is  rare,  however,  tluamli  it  is  sometimes  said  to  occnr,  that  a  trace 
of  the  sprin'.'  Imff  is  not  to  he  ohserved  on  the  sides  of  the  adnlts  or 
a  warm  o'-hraceus  sntTnsion  is  not  iioticealile  on  the  sides  of  the  Jn- 
vciiiles  of  the  species.  The  lack  of  the  faint  streaks  on  the 
hiea'^t.  which  Jif-u.-illy  shew  i;p  on  the  lthick-|K)ll  in  life  out  of  all 
pro|(orti<)n  to  their  intensity  as  ohserved  in  dry  skins,  is  dla;:no.stic. 
The  nudertail  coverts  of  the  l!ay-lireast  are  also  cream  color,  while  in 
the  r.lack|Mill  they  are  pnre  white.  The  color  of  the  feet  is  said  to  lie 
of  v.'ilne  in  separating  tlie  two  speiies,  it  liein;:  stated  tiiat,  in  tiin 
liay-hn-ast  these  parts  are  dnsky.  while  in  the  Itlack-|Hill  ihey  show 
a  more  yellowish  hrown  color.  This  may  he  somewhiit  helpfnl  in 
fresh  birds,  but  In  dry  skins  the  differeme,  accordinj;  to  our  series 
of  spe<imens.  is  so  slljrht  and  variable  as  to  he  of  liltle  use  in  de- 
termininK  the  si)ecilie  desi;:nation. 

ITo.     *l)riiilriiiva  uliitila. — Hlack-ix^ll  Warbler. 

The  peculiar  sprim;  distribution  of  tliis  bird  in  this  and  ad.joinin'^ 
sections  of  Miehiuan  was  torn  lied  upon  by  the  :Mitli(irs  in  the  .\uk. 
I'.MiT,  p.  Mti-7.  It  is  a  very  rare  spiiui:  migrant  at  I>etroit  and.  up 
to  li"t7.  no  spring  rei-ords  iiad  iiccn  iiiaiie  fiM'  iiic  cnuniy.  .\t  i'ort 
Huron,  at  the  foot  of  Lake  Huron,  it  is  UiOre  connnon.     It  is  abnn- 


k 


^'^miA 


TA\i:r<NF.u  WD  S\v.\m:s — Os'  Point  Pki.i-.k  P.ir<i)s. 


!»I 


(l.'iiit  ill  f.ill  in  lM)tli  lociilitles.  At  I'drc.  it  is  a  iiioro  i>r  loss  coniinnn 
iiiid  rp;.'\iliir  siirini;  ii.iuni'it.  .Miiy  U,  V.HCt.  n  bird  supposed  ti)  lie  iit" 
tliis  Kp(><l('s  \v  -1  ■  '\ot  !Mi(l  lost  ill  tlie  iindcrlirusli  li.v  Swiilcs,  iiciir  llif 
liasi'  111'  till'  rciji.'  'I'li(>  next  year.  .May  I'l.  tliH  idiMititii-alidii  ol"  this 
liird  ••('(■oivi'il  vt'rilinilicm.  when  several  were  taken  nr  seen  in  almnt 
the  same  locality.  May  "t*Jiiiie  1.  P.KiT,  wo  sa>\  several  eaih  day. 
In  the  tail  it  has  always  heen  a  very  ahnndant  iniirrant.  and  we 
have  loiiiid  it   eoinnion  on  all   Sepfeinher  visits.     S  ■iitemlier  "..   llMit;. 


le  in   the  pre- 
aii"  r.ay- 
ir 


It 


was  notalile  for  a   ;rreat  '\ave  of  this  species  i' 

ledin;;  niylit.     .\s  an  nnnsnal   feature.  thei< 

lire;isls.  aiiioii;^  Iheiii.     In   I'.mT  the  lirst  w.is    .  is.  < 

latest  dale   is  Sepleinher  L'1.   llMiil.  when   tl         \i  >  i ,        !u     ..i  .  i.>    ;   , 

our  deparlurc. 

171.     *l><  iiili<ii<a    lildrl.hi.iiiiii  .~-\\\:\<\i\        .1 

.May    11,    liMTi,    the   lilacklmrian    \V;  ;  ,i,  ■      .:.■   ■    i  ,,  ,•       ...    ,1! 
deciduous  and  red-cedar  woodland.  .<<  ;      ^'•-    't     ■,  i   '    <_   \i    r, 

was  a  liille  late  for  them  and  we  i:  in  c  .  ,  ,;,  y  ,'.  u  .;  >. 
June  1.   111(1",  they   were  \ery  cominoii.     <•■■     '  i         ■    ■.     ,.  ,.       ,,. 

mated  the  mnnlier  s(>cn  as  one  hundred.  Ii  Ii.i-  li..:  o.-o:.  li..  ,■  .vd 
as  aluuidant  in  the  fall  as  in  the  spriiiL:.    .\  ff  \    ■     i  ■    Sc   ,,  i^  .ler, 

1!MI.">,  (  I  the  -tlh.  r.th  and  I  Ith.     In  I'.MHi  we  lis,,   '  ':i;lc  !.i-     ,  on 

llie  IV.Ii  and  iidth  of  the  same  month.  The  lirst  was  seen.  1!mi7, 
.Vuu'iist  l''I.  and  from  then  on,  until  the  d,iy  of  our  deparliire.  .septein- 
he-  ;'.,  se\er.il  or  more  were  noted  iilniost  dailv. 


i; 


*l><iii(i"i,(i   (•(■/■<  ((.v.-I'dackthroated  Creen  Warliler. 


<'omnion  .Ma.>-  14.  1!Mi.".  hut  mil  ohserved  May  ;jii-2l,  liHii;.  In  l!Mi7 
it  hroke  all  records  liy  rem;iininK  until  June  1.  upon  which  dale 
numlier     were  seen.     Not   noted   .Mi  y    1-1,    I;mis.     Septemlier    t,    1'.mi."i. 


it    was   present    upon   our   arrival,   and    remained 


■niu'li    cur   vi-^it 


(initil  the  1."ithi   In  varying  nii   ihers.     I.i  Iikm;.  it  w.as  not  noted  until 
Sr'pleiiilier   |s.  .after  wliicii  several  were  i  '  .-ervi'd  each  day  unlil   v, c 
left,  the  L'Ist.     (»ne  w.is  noted  Octoher  l."i  of  tic    same  year,  hill   none 
put   in  an  appearjince  in   I!ki7  to  the  diile  of  our  departure.   Septem 
her  »l. 


I7.'I.     *!>(  iiilroii  a   imhiKii  mii.-l'nUn   Warhlcr. 

Alon;;  Ihe  crest  of  the  eastern  sand  iluiies,  win  ■(  ter  the  sliniled 
i-oltonuoo(ls  olTercd  any  cover,  we  found  this  species  i.iirly  common. 
May  i:!.  I!t<i.".,  Init  nhscrved  none  !li..  follow  ni^-  d.iy  ali 


!::  the  wi 


.del 


shores  of  Ihe  west  side.     'I'liis  and  .Mav  :M.   I'.lns, 


when   it  appeared 


'I'li'e  c noil,  are  the  only  limes  we  have  ini't   with  the  Palm  \V; 


Ider  on  the  Point   in  sprin::.     I'.ilher 


"r.im\:::;;    i: 


i!.: 


a::u   ti 


iif 


rc;il  sc-ircity  of  niimliers  itv  its 
ran:-c    I*    ir.   pa 


ir,.n,,i  uiioi. 


served.    This  is  not  a  warliler  that  is  <-onniioiily  met  w  itli  in  the  fall 


warn 


!'^  Tin:  W'lisoN  IU-i.i.etin— Xo.  r.n. 

')ii('  wjit»  tiikcii  Scptpiiilicr  ",  iuhI  niiotlier  soon  oncli  d.-iy  of  the  Kllli. 
lltli.  !in<)  ir.lli.  I'll  ."i.  ill  llip  .jjisto  liclils  iii'iir  (lie  oiid  i<{  tlio  Point. 
It  liJis  iii)f  liccii  iiolcd  (III  i>   y  ollior  (MTiisioii. 


'I 


ITI.     *liriiili))i<(i  (/i«f>j/()c.  — I'l'jiiiie  Wiirlilcr. 

S<'|ilfiiil.(  r  ."i.  H  ,"..  Kliiirh  i>i<>l<  m  jiivonilc  nuilc  of  tlils  sppcics  in 
Ilic  iloii-i'  ll;ii'kcts  lunli  iif  lli(>  iMslcni  sliorc.  jii«l  lifyniHl  llio  cross 
iK.iil  is<('  Anl-  XXIII.   l!Hit;.  p.  Kir.i.  iii.ikiii'.;  (Iio  tliinl  icc-onloil  spi-ci 

Mien  (if    tlic   s|i<'(lcs    fur  <Mil,irio.     'I'liis    is   our  only    n nl    lor   llii" 

I'liiiit.    tlioilL'li    SiMihilois    lliuiit.'lit    tli.it    lie    liciird   one   siiiiiiii.;    St'iiti'iii- 
I  IT  l.ii.  l!Hif,,  Mini  'r.iviTini'  llioii;:lit  l!i:il    lii>  ri'i-();.'iii/.i'd  iinotlicr  indi 
\idii;il    S<ii|i')iilirr    C.     l!Mi7.    Ili.-it    iii'    l.iili'd    to    mmiiit.   on    ||ii'    smiiic 
i.'i(iii!ids    wlii'if   Kiii'_'li    looiv   Ills.      It    iiiiiy   1.1'    loiitiil    (o  he  ;i    ri'_'nl:ir 
t!iiiu,'ii  r;ii>'  iMi;.'nii!t  on  liic  rolnl. 

17.".     '.<<  i »(•«.»  HHio' (//(i7/ws,  -Oven  liird. 

Snr|>risiiii;ly  scinc  in  spriii.:.  This  vv;is  .hi  nii  aj  i' -IimI  condilion 
to  iMccI  .-inyw  lii'ic  In  tliis  stM  lion,  fir  tlic  Ovcniiird  is  om-  of  Iho  com 
nioiii'^t  Minmicr  woodlnnd  residents  we  Ii.imv  M:iy  II,  |;h  ."i,  we  s,.|xv 
liul  I. re.  !iid  i;ii|ic  llic  'Jiilli'JIsI  of  ihc  Siiinc  Mmiith,  I'.tlii;.  M;iy  :',1 
:iMd  .hmc  I,  I'.MiT.  wlu'ii  :ili  iiii'-'r:ilions  «crc  so  disoru';niiycd.  il\c  :ind 
ci'lii  were  nrrcd  on  Ilic  ri'^|icil  j\c  d.i,\s.  .Nicn  ucrc  nolcd  tin"  first 
lime  ila\s  of  M.iy,  1;h:s,  |,y  Swiilcs  .'nid  Wiilliiic,  llioii;.'!!  it  is  tnio 
lli:it    tiN  y   ucrc  tlicii    |i;irdiy  to  l.c  c\|m(  ted  iis  jil    lli;it    time  they    Imd 

not  .1-  .Ml   mviIvcmI  iiOiMit    I'eiroii,     I'loin   this  diitii   we  i Indc  tliut 

I'lit  few.  ir  .iii.v.  Iiiced  (Ml  tlie  I'oiiit,  mid  that  prai'tic-illy  all  seen  ilii-re 
are  ini.'r.iiit.-.  In  tlir  fall  tliey  are  Itiirinal  iiiLdy  ei.nniin.  Scjitem- 
In-r  ."i  \'k  \:h.~<,  ilie\  wore  imied  iic.ai'ly  e\i-ry  da\,  Iml  \\cre  more  com 
ineii  dniiiiir  the  carl.\  da,\  -  of  Inc  \l>it.  In  I'.mm;  ihey  were  emanion 
liic  first  llirec  da.v^  nf  Sc|i|eiMlier,  lilt  n  few  were  noted  on  the  l*-lh, 
I'otli  .iiid  L'!-!  I  he  lali  of  IIKiT  Iml  two  iiidi\  idn.'il.s  were  seen  .vn.'Usl 
:o  ;,i,i|  .''I  'I'l.i'-i-  iiia.v  h.iM>  repre.- .ailed  liiei'diii:;  lards  as  the  ■eason 
u.iv  I, lie  and  II  w,is  c\  ideiil  Ih"  inl;;ranl>  el  this  spe<  ie;  had  not  .vet 
airl\cd. 


ITi; 


J  'ti  ii-<    ti' 


■  /..„.(. 


Walii    I  hriwli 


'I'lii'  Wahi  I  hill- li  i>.  In  all  proliaMlil\.  ;i  ic.'iiiar.  if  not  a  com 
men  spriiiL-  miur.ml  lleai^h  v.  e  have  led  It  hut  en,  c-  dniin,'  the  vci' 
Mai  mi;:i  al  ioiis,  Ma,\  1...  I'"'.".,  when  Hrvci-il  wi-rr'  -I'.ti  al  ai:;  Hie  in 
side    iif    IIh-    WcIiiii    \l.:x,\    i,\\    Ihc    cd;:e    of    llie    lll.ll-ll         1  Ir      I'.l'idic    re 

pal-  Hiiii.  duiiii.-  hi-  ,iiil>  trip  of  |s;;).  \\',ilcr 'Ihriislies  w  •■r>'  "v  er\ 
e.eia'.ioii."  ,heLihL'  11. an  a.ljoinni;.'  Mi.hl'.'.iii  ^taii.lar.K  Ibis  was 
lillei  ^111  p:  i- 111.',  a-  It  IV  wilh  11"  hill  :i  s.a''..'  ini:;r.iiil .  ami  has  M'l 
I.I  111  ih-i  ..\ .  n  d  hn  1  iliiiL'  w  ii  h  ii>-,  t  iii  .mr  ;iri  u  al  a  I  l!.i  I',  linl.  Sep 
lentil  r  I,  P»  .".  ihii.'  \-.ic  .  .ai  I.I.I. ilil.-  iinii.h.rv  |,i..vciil.  mii-l  of 
whl.li    hn    III.-    nluhl    ..!    Ihc   ."ah.    r  .r   aftir    II, .rt    date    hiif    f.v,    Klie,;|e  i 


T.WKKNIU    AM)    Sv,    •     iS — f).\     I'dNT    ri.l.r.i:    r.lKDS.         '.I.) 

wt'ic  noted  until  tlio  llitli.  when  llio  lust  was  oliHcrv  d.  Septi'iiilipr  '2 
iiiKl  ."!,  l!Hi(i.  hut  one  anil  two  wen-  (•cfii  i>ii  ;li«'  rcs|ii  iiivi'  days,  and 
none  on  tlic  rcliini  datrs  in  tlie  middle  oL  llio  nioiitli.  One  of  the 
inlereslin«  features  of  the  fall  tiip  of  1!hi7  was  tlje  inii'i-ecedenled 
nnrnlier  of  this  species  present.  We  arrived  Au;,'iis|  I'l.  and  tlie  L'HIli 
several  were  noted,  and  the  next  day  the  spnies  '.eiaMie  almndant. 
reniainin;;  ko  until  the  l^t  of  Seplendier.  when  there  was  a  falliiii: 
olT  in  nundiers,  increasing;  to  ^evel•al  ti.e  .'!d  and 'two  tiie  llli:  llie 
s|M'iies  seem,  then  to  havi'  departed.  iMirini;  Hie  lieiuhl  of  tlieir 
a'pundaiice  tlu\v  were  the  nio>t  i  ons]  icuous  liird  on  llie  I'oint,  anil 
were  seen  in  all  kinds  of  places,  anil  at  all  llnn-s.  Thi'v  wi'ri'  in  the 
low.  damp  sipots  in  tlie  woods,  in  the  liii.'!i  walnut  tiniher,  and  in  flii' 
reil  ci'dar  thickets.  They  were  itiinmori  everywhere.  We  found  them 
in  Hie  last  outlyin_'  hrush  jille  near  tlie  end  of  ilie  tlnal  sand  spii.  and 
in  palcjus  of  weeds  and  lotlonwoods  alulii;  the  e.i.-  crn  sanil  dime, 
near  llrulihs  lisli  hnuse.  It  wa.s  no  uneomnioii  si;;l.i  i.i  h.ive  four  or 
live  In  the  same  lield  of  \ision,  liesidi's  otliers  tli:,t  .ouid  he  heard 
and  not  mcii.  Indeed  it  was  rare  when  we  lonid  t'ct  out  of  si;:lil 
or  hearing:  of  at  least  one  indiviilual.  fi  r  .my  apprei  iai.le  lenirlli  of 
time.  'I'licy  uttered  no  soie^,  Iml  con;lanll>  i:ave  M'IiI  to  iiirir  char- 
acteristic sliort  1  hup."  It  is  not  improhaMe  tliat  this  lli:;lit  of  Wa- 
ter Thruslies  is  iif  -iimewhat  reiiular  (nilirrence  on  the  "oi|0.  I'.i,,- 
ilies  st.ilemenl  Iicf.ie  i|nolcd  rallier  t-iih-lanliales  iiii>.  .\«  ha>  \»;v 
In-fore  mentiniicd.  llie  mi-ralions  were  late  in  siarlin:  in  ilie  f;ill  of 
I'.KtT.  ••ind  Ihls  Would  explain  why  we  had  iiol  nicl  the  .--pecics  com 
iiionly  lielore.  in  oilier  years. 

177.     ♦.V'i)0(/v    iicilih  illii.      Louisiana    Water 'riiru-li. 

Contrary  to  oiir  e\| latlons  uc  liave  found  this  s|.c.  ics  ijic  rarer 

of    the    n\o    »Valer-'rhrnslies   un    the    I'oiiil.      In    adjoiiiinir    .Miihiiian 

loialities  this  is  the  (oimiion  form   as  miu'r.iiil.  and  the  only  hr Icr, 

an  so  far  rei  ordcd.  (in  the  I'oint.  however,  we  rci.'aid  it  is  uniii' 
fare  (tur  only  dale  tor  the  species  in  the  locality  hcin-.:  i>ii,'  seen 
liy  Saunders,  .\iiLMist   !.">.  l!Mi7. 

IT><.     *iif  nihliii's   imiii':.     ( 'onticcticiit    W.irMer. 

It  seem^  to  he  the  :,'enerai  iiiiprev-i-m  anions  Hi^'  orinllHil'>L'l-l~  of 
tills  seitioii  that  He  i  omici  i  icnl  Warhlcr  li.is  nmt  li  lu.  rc.l^(■d  in 
nmiiheis  ill  the  hist  dci.-idi'  or  so.  However  llial  lua.v  he.  wlicihcr 
due  to  rc.il  :.'ieaier  ahimdaiH  c  or  ii>  .ih<.ci  \  iM's  Know  iiiii  hetlcr  \\  here  to 
siel,  and  ulial  lo  |o  ik  f.ir.  I  hi  y  have  advanced  iheii  .'ipiiareiit  siaiii' 
from  one  of  the  raic^'  to  a  haiclv  s.  ar.  c  >pe,  ic»  This  is  Hue  nol 
oiilv  of  I'elee.  liiil  of  iiHier  siiriiiuiidi iiL"  iTiilMrv  Saunders  was  Hi 
lli^l  to  (all  .'illciilioii  to  tlic  miml'cr  of  t  minei  liniiN  on  the  I'l.iiit 
when  lie  npoitid  llieiii  .c--  •IJiiili'  cchiliioli  lor  a  fi'W  ill;.*  in  .liilie 
ilssti    I  Auk    II.    |ss.-,.    I  ::ii7i    :,«  ;,  ^,  nuiid  feeder  In  dray  pla.e,  w  here 


!t| 


Tin:  Wii.suN  'Ui.i.etin — Xo.  Oii. 


on  mImivc  trip  scvpnil  were  id-ocmcil."  llo  silso  sliili's  in  |iriviit(> 
.■..iiesi.on.l.'n(e  tlmf  lii'  found  tlirni  "Ignite  tiMiinmn  May  :V)  to 
.liuie  I.  INst."  tlins  loiiitiiit;  tlic  diitos  niori'  t-xaitly.  May  1 ».  V.nC. 
wt'  saw  two  on  onr  walk  in  aloim  tin-  oast  road.  May  tSt-lil.  I'.hm;.  none 
wore  olisiTvt'd;  but  tlie  .'Uitli  of  tlie  same  uiontli  t!ic  sn.ceedinj; 
K|nin«  Ihiee  were  noted.  In  tlie  fall  we  have  found  the  si.eiies  still 
more  ahnndant.  In  Septemher,  V.M .'.  six  ai'd  two  were  noted  or 
laiien  the  .".th  and  litli.  and  another  .me  the  Itith.  The  liist  three 
days  of  September.  llH.t;,  it  was  almost  common  and  we  \vre  able 
to  secure  as  many  spc-iimMis  as  we  had  any  desire  lor.  'I'liey 
haunted  the  damp  taie-'le  lionlerinn  the  e.islern  beach  near  (Jard- 
ner's  and  alonv  the  Cross  road,  and  were  still  more  fr(H|uently  met 
with  in  the  beds  of  Jewel  weed,  clo.'^ely  adjoiidli^'.  in  the  open  si>ols 
,,l   llie  wonds.     l!y  remaining  m\M    in  such  pla.  I's  we  were  able  to 

observe  Ibis  intercstiu!.'  s ies  at  will.     Thouiili  naturally  shy  when 

we  were  niovbm  alKint.  when  the  observer  remained  perfectly  .p'i''s 
riiii  tlicy  would  approach  ahiiost  within  reach  of  the  hand.  .\s  far 
MS  wc  beard,  tbcv  leinaiiu'd  very  qniel.  ull.'rin.'  but  the  nrost  .one 
moiiplaee  little  .b.'cps  and  th.iM.  Iml  rar.'ly  iin  ,,ur  r.'turn  visit 
111.'  nii.ldl.'  of  th.'  same  month  \\r  noted  but  iv  simile  in.lividuals 
.Ml  the  ITth  and  IMh.  'rhi'  fall  oi  IImiT.  thou-rb  wc  wcn^  pr.'setit  the 
liiM  few  .lays  of  Sept.'inber.  the  time  ..|  ilieir  ;;reat  abnndanc.'  lb.' 
piv..>.lin;:  y.'.ir.  owiic  I.,  tb.'  -.'n.'ral  lal.n.'ss  »(  lb.'  early  mi;:raii.His. 
Ih.'y  b.i.l  n.il  put  in  an  app.aranee.  as  a  s|,.m  |e~.  np  to  tlie  date  ol 
oiir  .l.'ii.nlun-.  ^^.'ptembcr  •!.  tlii.ii;:b  on.'  was  ol.M.rved  by  W.i.i.l  in  a 
I, rush  pile  al   lb.'  base  of  th.-  linal  saii.lspll   September   1-1.      Tbif.  tall 

lli.Mv  w.'iv  no  siich   mass.'s  ..I   .l.'W.'l  w I  atiyub.Tc  1 >ce.i.   and 

lhi<   ma.N    liav   b;i.l   som.'tliini;     ■•  do   w  lili   tliclr   ii..n  app.'aran.  <■.   lb.' 

.•arlv    mi.-raots.    mis-liu-    I ..iiL'.'nial   .|Uartcrs  of   last    \.-ar.    passe.l 

on   aiTMss  the  l.ik.'  without    lili;.'erii!-: 

i;;.      *(»/,', /'.I  i/^v    i,hil<i.hliihiii.     Moiirniiii:    Warbl.T. 

I'll.-   Mniiriiiui:  W.nl.bT  i-  a   raib.-r  iiin-oiu i  iiii.'r.int.    In   r;iil.  of 

l.lle     N.MI-,     ll     b.l-    i:.'Mi'aM-d     so    as    lo    I Mil     lc->    ...IIIIH..M     ibaH     the 

l.I.  M.lm--       p.M   le^         I  1.1-      e..Millli.iM,     lloUeV,!'      i>     Hot     IM-i  llll;!!'     to     l'"illl 


i'll.e    l.u!    MiM'li''-   '•'Piall.x    to  oiir    liiiiMii    -i.il!.iii>       v. 


\l-y     l|..le.| 

\!  .,.     t.;   II     pHi,-,,   and   !"lll    \l:n    Z\ .   '^1    II"'    -le  ■  .ediOi.'    ••'■.ir        M:iv 

■\\     .,11,1     .lilll.       1.      l;"'T      Ili.U.X.I.    Wl>     \»el',-     llli.r.'     I'CMllKlle      ■■•\'\     ll'.e     ,111,1 

•     H.Tc    li.il.'.l    .■II    th.-     r.-pe.  live    d.i>v       -llMy     s.in-     Uv.ly     Willi     a 

.,„,^    ,e,el,   .iiH.!    I    ,„   ,|n..lilv    I..    i',n    ..f  the   f..io '     ii^M    h:inllv 

:,>  il,i-..;iiv  .111.!  .liiler..|ill\  i|...i!i..l  I'.ill  .lal.-  ou  lln-  .,i..  ..-  .ir.' 
,|;:|,,  ult  I..  .;.  I  :mi.|  vaWs  IO  b.  .|.  -n..!,  W  .•  ,i!s>.n--  -.ipi-. -.d  Mm 
,|i.-v  -hi,:,,  I  Min.ii.-h  \eM  .,iiU  and  f.i  |.a->.,l  i.ii.,!.-.'H  e,l  II,..-  iia- 
,..,  I, ,..,,, 111. mI    \.\     'l|..    ll.'.l     >V"    IcK.-    b.-.-ll    -ibl.      !..    _Ml!..  I     III.-    i.l-t 


I...  II 


^, 1.1.  nil  .  r    17     !■""      .111.1    w. 


I,,,,    X,  .11-    .11    P.l.-.'       K...»~    IH.1..1    ■■>■■     ^'pl'ii 

,.  .....     .      •     ..uu-     ,...!.    I  i...   (■.......■.  I  u  111        f  11    111..    .lew .. I 


Tavkknkk  and  S\\  ai.ks- 


-On  Point  Tki-KI':  I'.ikd.s.      '.•") 


t  • 


weed  hufore  s|>okcu  of.  In  I'.HIT  two  wore  taken  An«nst  1'..  one  the 
:iOtli,  and  anotlKT  the  :!1h;.  The  last  one  was  ol.serve.1  Septen.l.er 
•2.  Seeing  that  fie  niitirations  were  hiie  this  year,  it  is  more  tlian 
likely  that  tlie  Mounilns  Warl)ler  normally  passes  thron;:li  ahont 
the  ihlPl  week  in  Auu'ust.  and  it  is  one  of  the  earliest  .!,i«rants  to 
he  l(H)ktHl  for  in  fall. 

The  Juvenile  fall  Monrninu  Warl.ler  .  losely  resenilih-s  tlie  youn;; 
fonne.-t:.-«t.  hut  ean  he  readily  dislin^-'uishe.l  from  it  hy  tlie  yellow 
and  ),reyish  suffusion  over  the  II  roat  and  forene<k. 

l>i«).     *li,^»thUii>ix    liirhdx    hnicliiilartylil.-'SoitUvni    Yellow  throat. 

The  Yellow-throat  has  been  eonnnon  on  all  May  visits,  hut  of 
peculiar  or.urren.e  in  fall.  In  liHif.  six  were  ol.serve.1  on  the  lirst 
day  of  our  arrival.  SeiitemI.er  -1,  and  then  no  more  until  the  lltli. 
wlien  Ihev  he.ame  .ommon.  In  Uhm;.  they  were  very  .•onmioii  the 
tlrst  three  .lays  ..f  Sei.t.-mher.  hut  on  our  return  trip  they  were  far 
less  al.uii.lant.  an.l  hut  two  or  thr.-e  w.Te  iw.led  the  ir.th.  ITth.  IMh. 
nn.l  six  tlie  I'.ttli.  One  was  still  pr.'seiit  this  y.^ar  as  late  as  tt.tohe; 
It.  From  Aut'ust  1'4  lo  ^eptemher  C,  I'.MiT.  none  were  ol.s.rv.'.i  at 
all.  The  oiilv  obvious  exiilanatlon  of  this  ..rralie  pr.t.edur.>  is  that 
either  f.'W  ..r  no  Y.'llow  throats  hr.r.l  on  l!i.>  Point,  or  els.'  that  tli" 
summer  resi.l.Mits  .h'parl  .^arly  in  the  fall,  and  that  at  the  time  o- 
.mr  arrival  and  i-tay  in  llHiT  lie  iiilmaiits  ha.i  iiol  v.'t  arrive.l.  I'li". 
s,„.,l.'s  ivmaiiis  with  us  usually  until  well  into  0.tnl,..r.  I.nt  all  on-. 
fall  .lata  at  I'.'l.-e  iH.iuts  to  tie  .•■  mIusImh  thai  tli.'re  is  n  slroir;  mi 
«ratioiial  mov.-ment  amonu'  dii'm.  heiiinninw  the  latter  imrt  ol 
AllkMlsl. 
1SI.     'hli'iiti    /ici'ii.s.     Yellow -hreasle.l   riint. 

I'oiut    P.'l..'    is    th. ly    lo.,ilily    in    Canada    wlier.'    the    Y.'llow 

|,r.-asl...l  Clial  is  any  ni.ire  than  a  r.ir.'  ixidental  Kirauvl.T.  llo" 
far  IIS  ranue  li.'re  e\t.-ii.ls  iiilaii.l  w.'  ar.'  niial.l..  to  stale,  .is  ..ir 
w.alx  lias  nev.'r  .'MernhMl  inland  l..v..ii,I  111.'  has.'  «(  llie  Point  Tl- 
•li-st  ohs.Tvati..M  "M  Hi.'  •lull  in  .ana. la  wi's  lil>.lv  iiia.le  her.',  as 
|.r  l!i-..di.'  savs  ,.r  his  .Inly  ri,.  of  IsTt".  "A  sih.  im.-ii  re.-.ntlv 
lulled   «as  l.ron;:ht    lo  u<r  hy   -  Imnl   .  liiMr.ii.     'Ih-'   hi'd   lia.l   Ih.u  n 

,n  iliiniiL'ii  an  opeii   uiii.lou   "f  s.l I  and  vv.i-  Uilh-d  a^raiusl    lli" 

ulMss  111  an  ..pi'^-^i"'  "lieloNV,-  .lim.^  ■;.  I>vsl.  Sann.l.'is  -.•,  iire.l  >|..  i 
ui.Mis  as  iv,,,rd.'.l  l.y  Ma.-,.iin  in  l,i^  Minis  ..I  .ana.ia,  M.i>  l-.  \-»>''- 
«.•    l-onn.l    -.•>.Tal    pair-,    m    a    xvasle   ■  I.mWi.l-.    lp.um    up    n-    iaivhr-. 

I,,,,,,-    th.'    ha r    liK'    P"in'     and    '-.•.iiivd    ..ne    ami    Ihe    ii.'M    <\.i> 

,,Motli.T  I..V  li.e  road  alon-  Hie  .'d^e  of  11,.'  v.;M,  .ai  Mm-  .asl  -Id.- 
,M:n    .'UJI.   l!MNi.  u\.i  and V't.'  ,,l.s.'vv.'il  .r  taken   hfM.iid   (,.ird 

n.Vs  Pla.' 1   Ih"   i-p-"H^"  '!">-      '^'''>    ■''•    '''"'    ""■'•''  ' ''   '''"' 

ol,M.r\.'.l  i!  alM.iil  the  ximr  1...  aliU  SxmiI—  ami  Wallar.'  si.v  .',..■ 
Miiy  .i,    I'ttis       I  hi-  is  a   s|«'.  ies  llial   .i.'parts  ,.;irlj    in   111.'  s.a-m  :,nd 


:m; 


i'lii:  Wii.SdX   l;i  iii;TiN — Xo.  (I.;. 


'liitis  iivmy  >o  iiuiftly  jis  to  1...  niivl.v   ii.ilo.l  on  tht-  full  iiii-f;ii,..M< 
'•  '^l"'"-   ">'  ''i'-'l  '""111  I..-  iioisi,.,-  ,,!•  ni.ir..  .oii!-|,i.noi"s   i,,   i. 

■  lioM  11  h.Mihls.  I.ul   I..V  Ilic  ini.l.ll.'  of  .liil.v  il   ivl:i|.<,..  into  Mlm.v    ni.l 

'^    ■•'''"'"    ' '    llif'<"lfl.T.      WV    li.n,.   .•oiis.'.iM.-iilly    n.'v.r    .s,.,.|i    tlir 

S"''l,,s    on    nilV    of    om-    fii||    |,i|.s.    ;,.    it     li|<..|y    ,l..|.;i.H'.l    .•o.isi.lcf.ll.lv 

IhIoi-o  0111-  cMi-lii'si   .■iiitiiiiin  trip. 

is:.'.      Mi;/.vo„/./   lunula.-    Wii'oii'.s   Wiiililfr. 

.\    ivjiiliir  .•mil   hot    iiiiroiriiiioii    iiiiL-niiil.    -piini:   :iii<l    f.ill.      .\|:iy    r; 
II.    I'.M.-..    II.. no    vMro   MTii;    In    I;m  r,  oih'   ums  ..I.mtv  ,■,!    .\lav    -o'   ■a,u\ 

'■'-'"     ^^"^     ■■••I-     I'"'"        !^'r>-lnl..'r    r.     V.HC.    ...,,„    „.,,,,    .,1       .|.j„,, 

ni.  IV.O.Nl    I..   r.)MllH.,ll    ..II    111,.   S|;,.    MM. I    lll..Ii    .iliiiiui.... I    |o   ,,li,.    i;„.    I.Mh 

'■'■''   ''■'>'   "'■  "I"'  '''■I'Miliii-.'.      In    i:h<;.   ;,,.,]   on,-    u.-,-^   iPi-.-nii    S,-|. 

'"''"''■'■     '     ■""'    •'•■    ••""'    <"')    «■'"<•    IlK'    -''111,        'II,,.    .|.,..i,v    ,„.!     il,    Ml,     -I,, 

l"'^"'"i-.'   in    1;h,7  .\„u'„m    IJ.  mill  ;,'rM.I,i.-,ll>    „„•,■,  m ,  ,„„ ,.   ,',„ 

111    S.l.l.lhh.T     I.    ul,..,,    lilt,.,.],    «,.|V    |iM,..|.      ■||„.v    „,.,,.    still    |.n^,.„| 

il.     Mil, I,'    MIIIhImM'S     >\  Ih'U     «!•    ll'lt     III,,    cili. 

I-V      '>' h.i,i;„,„i    ,,iii.ilhi.      Aiiii.ri.Mi,    l;.'il>i;ii'l. 
I'r:i''i'^illy   ,..iiii„..ii   on    .,||    ..■.•i-oi,;il.|,.   >i.sii,.   ,.v,.|,i    ii,. .\|;,, 

■  I.  l;"'s,  ul,..|i  ii„,M  l„,.,|>  „,.,■,.  iMi..  il,  ,in-|vin_.,  ;.,„|  ,!,;.  „,.,.', ,'„'. 
"'•■"  ''■"'  '■"'  ■■'-  ^''  I'"'  ill  ■111  .■i||'.-ii-.-.i,. ,..  Tl,,.  onlv  i....  iili:iiilv  il, 
""■'■■  iiiii"!"-'-^  11-  ii..i..l   :.i   11..-  I'..ii,i    i~  |i„.  ii~n.-,l  -..r,.;,!    i,„  r,  „-,.' ,|„. 

lil-l     IVU    .l.Mv,,,-    .<,.|„, .,„!„,,    ,„,,,    |,,,,.,.    ,.,,|„||,i,,„^       |„     ,,„-    ,,|,,^     ,,,,|.^. 

'.'""''    """ 1 11    >^''|.l"iil.T  .-.   :<<,,\   .,   i|,,-in    ll„.>    u.r,     II,,., ■..III,.,-. 

Ill     i'"i''.   lii'.'     vv.l..   '.  IX    :,i.ni,.|Ml,l    Ih,.   lii-l    ||,iv,.   ,i;iv.   o|    ||„.    „|,,niii 

'""  ■  """■"  "if-  '-"■   I'"'  -Nl.  V.,-  >;,u    until  tl„.   17,1,.  ,.,n.| 

""■' >    "'"■   '"'    'ii'i! "■■•I..    1 1-  .l.|,.,il,in..      In    llHiT   i|„.v 

""'■"  I'"-' 111   ' r  :m   x.!'     Mi-.iM   .■!,   i,i,.n.;|.-ii,:.-  .riM,l,i:,llx    i,,  ,,„„ 

""■  -■^''^     ■""!    i''iii' 1   -■   "ii!i    -iiiiill    lli|.l.iali..ii,    111,111  ..111'  ,1,. 

|-;iiiiir..    S,.].!,!,,!,,  I-  ,; 

!  I..    l:l     .  ..\.  I  ,  1,1  1.  1 


*'*',•< 


1  Reprinted  from  Thb  Wilson  Bolletin.  Septem!  -r.  190e.J 


'rm-;  iukds  oi-  i-oixt  i'kiki':. 


I!V    I-.   .\.  TA\1:KM..K   AM)  I!,    II.   SWAI.KS. 
(•'oritiiuirMl  fioiii  \miit'  !H!. ) 

IM.      *  iiillnix  iifiixilniiiKiis.      \ li.iiii    I'ipil. 

I»..,il.ll-.ss  of  n.::„lnr  o....,,,-,.,,,.- ,:„.  |..,i,„.  |„„„  „.,i„^,  ,,„.,  ,.,„ 

I.ut  «w  ,.^.  to  tl...  s,.;.soM.l  ,„.,:.s s  ..f  our  t.i„s,  w„  Imvo  no,,..|  i,  ,„„ 

..".•e.  0.to.H.r   rr,    MMM,.   w.un  ;,   fow  s,,..,.......   lM.mi,l...ls  w-n-  „l. 

scm.,1  jiloi.k'  tlH>  to|>  of  liir  (•.isl.Tii  siiiiH  ,„i,„.s. 

IS.-..     •MimuH  p<.ly,)loll',s.     Mo.-kiimi.ir.l. 

MMy  :;...    I-KKI.   „hil..   Sw.!...   ..n.l    Klnni..;:   „...■,■   WMlUi>,«  i,.   , 

...   roa.     on   tl,..    nvs,    si.lo    ..f   ,„..    IN,.,,. I...,.m.u,„M  Irij.   ^ 

.M...kl„ulHnI  w:.s  ,|„„.,..,  ,.,.,.0.1...  ...  „,.wly  „I,„.,...|  or,!,...nI.     I"...,,  i,  ,. 

"■HU.8      II  Is  now  In  hi.  n.||e.lM.n      S..„vh  w.s  nunk.  lor  a  „,ss  1,|.. 

I.S<i.     *(;ul<y,.t<oi,l,s    <«(f,//,„'»,.,(>.--<',i(i,|,.,|. 

<V.nM,on.  with  !.„,  o,,..  ...x..,,„.o„.  on  h!!  Nfn.v.  V,„n,.s|  ..,,)  s.m.Nm  • 
•KT  trip.,.  A.njnst  in  „.„l  I.!,  I-nn.  it  wn.  ,.m-,.rfsin«!y  s.-ar.-,.  la  1  on- 
K-m«  ..o,..|  n...   InlUT  ..a,..       „   .as  .UU  i.r.-.nM, •,,;,' 

IH7.     »/ru.,«(„m.(   /,//«,»,     |!n.«ii  TliraKli.'r. 

.■o„,„.on  on  all  spring  vIhIIs  ,.x,..p,.  as  wo„l,|  l„.  .-v ,,..,    ,.„,  ,.,■ 

M,.r..h.  H^T      May   ,:,  ,,h.m.  mwr ,  ,.,„,,,  ,  ,„  .,;.';;',; 

"•■""•■'"^  "f  ""    "'I'      ■'•'"^ ''••i'.'  I..W  ,..M,p..ratnr,.  :„„,  n   1h  „      fai 

,.,""■  "'"""  '""•"^"•''-  '^  -'>'l'>-r... a  n.;iM|,..  an.l  on  Ih.  l-oU., 


ina 


TllK  WlI.SON    r.n.I.ETIN N(l.  Gl. 


prni  times  leading  us  merry  clinses  after  wli.it  no  tlioualit  was  that 
hird. 

Aiintiat  15- 1(!,  llXtK,  Urown  Thrashers  were  hut  fairly  roiiiiiioii  ami 
prohahly  reiireseiiled  tlio  hreediii«  iHipiilathMi  of  tlie  I'oiiit.  The  year 
Itrevlous,  from  the  :i4th  of  the  same  iiioiith  on.  they  were  uiuch  more 
ahiindaiit  niid,  nsnnlly  from  (lie  llrsl  of  Si'|iii'mlier  to  the  apiieanime 
of  the  Sharp-shiM  tll«ht,  tlie  siwries  lias  iM-eii  alumdant.  As  s<k»ii  as 
the  hawks  come  the  great  hiillv  of  them  suddenly  thin  out.  We  have 
met  with  hut  little  eviden.e  that  tlie  iriiiiilns  really  eatch  any 
great  numhers  of  tliem.  Imt  tliey  are  so  harried  and  worried  that  they 
lieep  well  within  their  favorite  stroiigliohls  in  tlie  Jumper  i>eds  that 
grow  hetweiMi  the  reil  ledars  near  the  end  of  'lie  I'oiiit.  When  tlie 
Sharp-sliins  are  aUiut  in  any  numliers,  it  is  with  u-reat  diilieiilt.,  tiiat 
the  Thrashers  can  he  made  to  forsai<e  this  scruh.  When  they  are 
llni'.ny  forced  to  hrcak  cover,  tlicy  iiiake  a  -pilck  dash  to  the  next 
nearest  dump.  Hying  low.  hareiy  skimming  tlie  ground  and  iniinedi- 
ately  Iniry  thenisdvcK  in  its  Innermost  rei-esses.  .\|  sucli  limes  they 
s<'<'ni  niiicli  less  afiiiid  of  m.iii  than  of  h.iwk.s,  'lids  liird  mciiis  to 
remain  ci.n^iderahly  lalcr  in  (he  tall  on  the  I'oiiil  than  in  .•idjoining 
.Mii-hlgan  st.ilions.  Oi  (ol.er  11,  I!hm;.  >\(.  wcr..  surprised  (o  note  at 
IcMsl  t\\cnl\  individii.'ils  at  .1  i  onsidcr.ihly  later  dale  than  anytiiiiig 
«(•  <:iii  tiiid  ill  our  lielinit  imlc^. 

ivs.     *  I  III  jinlh'ii  us  liiihiiiiiiiiiii^      i';ii<i||iia    Wren. 

TIiIn    is   aiinilicr    iiidTi'sl  Iml'   spi'.-ics    ii|hiii    \(Iii<|;    I'iiImI    1'.  |).|.   liases 

■'■•  'liiiiii    t iu'iiiiiiltN    .•iniiiii:.'    Ilic    <  ■;iii;idiaii    iMiiiias,       I'iie   1 'iniliiia 

Willi    i-    loiihil    i(-iil,ii  |>    aiiil loiily    lii'ii-     and    in    liul    lew   other 

ioiailiM's  III  Mil-  lioiiiiiioti  In  \ii;.'ns|,  |!ni|,  Lvnds  .l.mes  found  the 
»|"ilcv  ,.n  |:.|.j  siMir  l.-laiiil  1  II  (7/.  /(.///..  i:hi|,  ,,|i  7(i7|,.  |,„t  i( 
<>;is  iiol  niil'l  ilic  lall  i.l  I!M):.  th.-ii  ,1  „,.,.s  aiidfil  l.i  llic  list  ol  iiiain- 
IhhI  liinls.  S.  I'liiiil.ci-  .■.  1,1  ih.it  yi'.ir  KIiil:Ii  look  .iiii'  anil  saw  an 
'.III.  f.  The  next  day  four  weir  i,|.r«-r\i.il  or  l.iki  11,  and  others  noled 
llie   iih    Slii.   and    llili     Aiiiuhl'   iIicsc   urrc  lu..  ,|ii\«'nili.s  ,,f  different 

ML'cs,  and  .ipiiarenliy  licl..ni:iiii.'  i..  -.i|iai'ali'  lii- 1-.     liii'  y.r,iiii:est  liad 

Mil'  nc^lllii:.'  down  siil]  atM.nid  to  the  iilniiia^c,  aiHl  was  evideuHv 
i.ii-fil  on  III.'  I'.iint  I  !»/,  \  Ml/..  VMn',  ).  |(».-i.  h,  h^k;.  ,,0  not.'d 
iliiv..  M.iv  I'd  „,,,|  i,«,K  ,,||,.  ill  111.-  -mil..  |i).alit>.  Alicie  llii-,\  iiad 
I. ■.•11  s.'i  11  111.,  pi-c.  .■.lin.-  fall  M;,>  I'l  S.iuhdc'  luw;;,!  (1,1...,  ,,!!  the 
HMiptlaii.l  iii^i  .list  <<f  lliC  l.a-e  uf  II...  I'., int.  h,  i),,.  ,  ,n  Miey  were 
iioi.-.l  S.pdinl.  r  1.  J    1.  :iii,|  1:1   iiM'l  (i,i.,|,..r  I).    |,,   nniT  -ingle  l.ifds 

"11.    i,.ar.l  1.1   S..11   Mar.;,  11    .M.n   ,■■,1.  .1, |     .ii,,!  .\,|-,|^t   111  and  .'!<!. 

!i,  I'Nis  u,.  |,,„,|.t  11,.. in  ..  allrr.-.i  .iM  ..mt  •!„.  ,.,1,1  of  |h,.  l',,i„t,  irom 
i'...   til—  l;...iil     .111    .li.il   .-.iii-iii-    \  iu'iii(Hi-l>    Aii_.||:t    I.'.  HI.      Iliilierlo 

"'■   ''■"'   "lis..|vi.l    II |,|i|    ill   :|    iiiiiiii.il  ar.'a   mi   III..   ..ast   sj,|,.   near 

III.    .'iiil  ..I   III..  (  I-,.--  I!, I.l. I 

'■    "'"  i.r  -ecu  II- II, K   II, .11   t!i,.  spis  ii.s   js  «,.|i  ..s|,i!  lislieil  ..n  III.. 


TWIKNIK    WD  S\V\I  |-.S— On    I'niNI    I'r.I.l.K   P.1KI)«.        100 

I'ollit.  'I'lu'y  fre<|iiciit  the  doiiKCst  jniitflo  iniil  nrc  iiiiiir  (illi'ii  lifiinl 
lliiiii  sc.'ii.  TlK-y  nil  Iroiii  liiusli  t<p  hntsh  just  iilictil  «>'  ilii'  <>x<-itLHl 
inllcil.ir  liciit  on  (•sl.ililisliih;;  iiii  in.  oiilcstiililf  rcii.rd.  in  a  most  pro- 
vdUIii;;  Mi.iinMT,  leiidins:  liini  Ihroimli  mini  liolcs,  Inimlf  iirnl  linK-kcn. 
ki'fpiiiL'  Juki  out  o 
him   on   willi   «'\|ilo!-ivi 


:;iin  sliot,  iiml  iisn:illy  onl  ol  si«lit,  Im)   pnlicliiJ: 
(lis  of   (•ni-oiMMi.'i'nii'iit.     Tlicy  l'rt><|"«'"'    "'*• 


IiIuIu'V  lir;in<  Ih's  of  the  trees  to  .-i  i;fe.itcr  cMcnl  tlimi  niiy  other  of 
our  wrens  ;in<l  .-lie  often  ohserved  nt  i  onsiilernhh'  eh'vntions.  'I'ho 
soni;  we  iiiive   most    fre.|tienlly    heniil   in   Lolli  fnll  iiinl  sprii  ,'  <-oul(l 

'I'lie  llrsi  syliilije  iittercMl  iiniekly  iimt 


lie   wrilleii   "lire-    o      o      o     o. 


.ith 


ilverv    roll.   :inil    the   "o's"   ilistiiietiv    yepiiriite.   with   decided 


inlerviils  helwcen.   iind   delivered   with  sm   «\|ilosiv(>  <ii"ili<y   '"kf   the 
1  of  l:ii«e  drops   fiillini:  from  ii   heiirht  into  ii   still   |mioI   helow. 


sound 


The   whole   iillered    hurriedly   ami   linlililiML'ly.    iti   Ihe   same   metre  as 


the   som:   of  till-   House    Wren.     This   somr    :s  i.p 


rfeelly  distiint.  and 


like  iiolhiii«  else  lo  lie  hi'ard   in  the  Transiiion   Kauna  wikmIs.    .\s  1)0- 


fore  slated.   .\umi>t    1-".    I'xpn.   Ihel'ai 


ilina  Wrens  sai:;;  far  more  freely 


than  we  h.ive  heard  liefore.  In  reiierloire  they  are  as  versatile  as  a 
Thrasher  and  a  I'alhird  rondiineil  an<l  rival.  If  not  surpass,  the 
Chat   in  aliility   to  make  'funny  n<iises." 

)s;»,     •■/ 1  (/<;/><./(//«  s-   iiiiliiii.      Mouse    Wren. 

r n:on  on  all   May   vi-ils  and  lo  le  found  in  almost  all  kinds  of 

localities.  thoUL'h  perhaps  the  l.rnsh  ^idwn  femes  in  the  nei^hhor- 
I d  of  Gardner's  farm  huililiiii-'s  were  the  most  faviued.  Hut  few- 
were  noted  dnrlMi:  ihe  early  d.iy^  of  Scpleinlier.  I'.Mi.'..  thoiinh  liy 
i:radual  increase  llie,\  Im  .  ame  ccmuiion  llie  I  1th.  ( 'ouunon  all  throiiu'li 
Septemlier.  PHIS,  and  unlll  Octolier  11  l-'i.  when  ;i  nundier  weri'  iioteil. 
Ndl  as  many  as  u>ual  seen  .\ui.'iist  :.'l  Sepleinher  ti.  I'.HiT,  and  more 
were  listed  .\ni:ust  l."i-H",.  |1m  s.  It  is  ei  id<'Mt  from  this  that  Ihe  nn- 
LTant  birds  arriveil  alMiui  the  last  of  .\n'.iiist  and  lirsl  of  Septemlier, 
•■eachlnL'  llieir  m.i\imiim   the  middle  of  the  laier  month. 


pMi.      ^itUihiiihUti"   In' iiKili^.      Winter  Wren. 

Noted  Inn  oU(e  in  the  sprih-'.  May  1  L'.  l!Mis.  when  simile  hirds 
v\<  re  iioliil  each  da\  In  P.Mi.'i.  ilie  lir-t  fall  liilils  were  noted  Septem- 
lier II  and  !."i,  the  la^l  (lavs  ol  our  stay.  Ill  I'.hh;  they  were  present 
«liin  Hi-  .irriveil.  Seplenilier  |.">.  ami  liecame  almost  common  liy  'he 
Kill  MIer  which  ihcir  niimlier^  d\\  liiilled,  ilioui.'li  a  couple  were 
^eell  II, c  :.'lst.  wlicii  \M'  departed.  This  la^t  day  one  fellow  liec-uiie 
milili    iiiicicsicd    ill    our    lent    and    lampiii::   equipmenl.      It    explored 


the    p. I- r    -.cMTiil    ini 


cs     Iholi.lliilllV. 


se.;rchinv'    cMiy    crcvn 


II 


cvaii'iiied    (iiir    IiielhoiK    ol    packiiii;.    aiid    --aliiplcd    the   criimlis    of   our 


it'iiiiiii — ;ir-.     ;;lc:iniiii;    lioiii    lln-  i  rack-  ..I    ihe   laPle.   and 


d  L'en 


erall\    p|c.i-cd    wiHi    Iniii-ill    and   lis.      I'lirilv    11    !!•  vs    lo  a    iiei^hliorili;; 
III'     !:    i  ile    aial    -lolijcd    n-    a-    we    look    diA\  i:    llic    lent    and    piled    Ihe 


no 


TiiF  Wii-soN  l;ri  r.F.TiN— Nil.  f,\. 


tilings  into  tlio  wnRon.    KIkIiI  wrro  soon  (hUiUor  14,  H)n<;.    Of  ooiirso 
iioiif  liiivf  liwii  soeii  (lurliiK  the  Aii«ust  trips. 

Iftl.     *('i!<t<ith<»ii>t  i/W/nrM.— Slii.rl-lilllcd  M.irsli  Wroii. 

.Miiy  14,  i;K»r.,  SaiiiitlcrH  fimiiil  ii  mihiII  <^I..ii.v  of  nlMiiit  Imlf  a  <lo7,on 
birds  ill  till-  iimrsh  lionlfrliia  tin-  d.vke  iiiid  sonrpd  out'  K|ietiiuen. 
l-'roiuerit  senrch  sln.^>  litis  failed  |o  reveal  the  si«iles  atralii,  Imt,  as 
it  ...  e.\treiiiel.v  lixal  in  dUtriliiitiiiii  aii<l  retiriiii:  In  luil.it,  it  could 
Ik-  easily  overlooked  in  the  vast  extent  of  iiiarsli  to  lie  siirve.ved. 

I!>1'.     *rr]milt»<l!itiH   /(«/«.«/;  (j(.-r^»ii«l>llled   .Marsh    Wren. 

^  '•">" >"  ^IMMies  on  all  tlie  marshes.    They  had  hardly  nrrlve<1  in 

force  May  I.!.  I'.Ni.-,  nor  the  L'Ist  of  the  same  month  of  the  siiccecHlInK 
year.  May  :!I,  lixi-,  however,  they  were  jireseiit  in  iininliers,  and 
May  ]■:!,  liHiH,  Swales  found  a  mindier  that  had  lieen  ilrlven  ont  at 
their  low  lands  l.y  the  lilxh  water  up  into  the  hushes  nniouK  the  tree 
trunks  of  the  hifjlipr  levels,  where  they  conducted  themwlves  in  the 
iiiHiciustoiiied  hahitMt  mix  h  after  the  manner  of  Winter  Wrens.  We 
have  found  them  iixne  or  less  mmnion,  IliouKh  8«>cretive,  and  rather 
hard  to  find  on  all  fall  visits.  Then  they  t=eem  j.artlal  to  most  c!r- 
cnmscril)ed  areas  of  inarsli,  and  keei>  well  down  in  llie  cat  talis,  sel- 
dom ventiirliiK  far  in  tliKht  and  utteriiit;  hut  the  most  ooniinonplace 
and  iionc<anmital  notes.  Our  latest  date  Is  Octoher  15,  I'.NMI,  when 
Ri.x  were  ohserved,  tliou;:h  (inrdner  reimrted  the  presence  of  Wrens 
In  the  marsh  several  limes  durlne  the  winter  of  loCXWIT.  However 
the  s|ieoinc  designation  of  these  winter  Wrens  remains  in  doiiht. 

ion.     *Ccrthia  famUiaris  anivrU-ana. — Brown  Creeiwr. 

Xot  noted  in  the  spriiiK  until  liKW.  r»wiii«  to  the  lateness  of 
date  of  our  visits.  May  1  of  the  ahove  year  one  was  ohserved,  and 
at  least  fifteen  the  .'id.  .Not  noted  the  fall  of  llXiT,.  until  September 
1.".  when  one  was  .seen  and  another  the  next  da.v.  the  date  of  our  de- 
parture. In  IfKiSl  the  HiK..ies  put  In  an  api^-arance  Septenilier  17, 
and  fMin  then  on  until  we  left,  the  lllst,  from  three  to  eight  were 
listed  each  day.  They  were  common  OcIoIkt  I.".,  MMX!,  and  even  more 
numerous  the  LWh  of  tiie  same  month  the  previous  year.  Probably 
Fonie  remain  through  the  winter. 

1!M.     •X/Z/rt  raro/inciisi*.— Whlte-lirensle<l  Nuthatch. 

This  siM>cies,  though  met  with  on  nearly  all  visits,  has  never  been 
very  .-ommon.  Psually  a  few  scattered  individuals  have  made  the 
days  record.  Onr  date  of  greatest  abnndan.-.'  was  OctolM-r  14  vm 
wiien  ten  were  listed.  Mkely  hut  few  breed  .m  tlie  Point  as  on'r  Mav 
dales  are  meager.  Our  fall  dates  are  .^nfli.ting,  but  seem  to  Indi- 
cate that  tlie  niigr;nils  arrlv.-  irregularly  fr..in  the  hist  of  .Vtigust  to 
the  iiiiddl"  of  Septeml«'r. 


.1. 


Tavkrnkr  and  SwAi.ii.s— On  Point  TVj.ee  P.irds.      Ill 

IfCi.     *.S'i7^i  co;ia(/e/iM/M.— KciMireiiHted   NiKlmtfli. 

The  erriUli-  nmieiiiiiii<»>  of  this  M|K>oie8  in   Soiithenstern   Ml<hlj;nii 
mid   iieiRhlK)rliiK  Ontiirlo  stiitloiiH   has   Immmi    .t.iniiiented   on    by   the 
wrltero  elsewhere  (Auk  XMV.  l!K»7,  p.  147).     It  Is  nsunlly  n  s.arce 
inlKrnnt,  though  some  years  very  iihuiuliiiit.     We  hnve  met  with  it  hi 
sprliiK  hut  oiue.  Mny  .-Jl  nnil  June  1,  llKi",  when  el«ht  iiixl  seventeen 
were    not.Ml    resiHHtlvely.     This    v  as    a    very    unusually  late  sprint', 
which  aoeounts  for  their  presen.-..  at  this  time.  It  was  also  the  sprini; 
followiuK  their  (treat   fall  ahumlaii.-,.  „r  v.um;,  whl.li   may  have  had 
Romethhii;  to  do  with   their  ralher   unus^ual   nuinlwrs.     In   IJKtr.  hut 
three  were  noted  Ootoher  11».     The  following  year,  when   it  will   !« 
remenilMTed  reiwrts  of  their  exieediiiK  al.nndance  came  in  from  ninny 
localities,  they  were  pres-enl  and  common  Se|)teinlM»r  1   to  .:.  and  on 
our  return  trip  from  the  l.'.lh  to  I'lst  lliey  were  still  more  numerons. 
The  culmluatlon  of  their  nl>undan<-c.   iiowever,  was  reached  ()<tol.cr 
14  and   1."..  when  they  were  easily  one  of  the  m.ist  ahundaiif  hirds 
on    the    I'oint    ami    foun.l    in    ail    coii.-eivahle    lo<-alities    ex.,.|.t    tlie 
nmrsheR.     Kspe<lully  were  they   iinmcrons  in   the  waste  fields  near 
the  end  of  the  Point,  where  they  <rowded  the  dead  and  dry  mnilein 
stalks  in  such   numlK-rs  as  to  he  ppi.cplihle  from  sonic  distance  r.s 
Idue  niasses.     We  have  met  with  the  s|.e,i,.s  at  the  l'.,int  at  no  other 
times,  hut  Saunders  reunts  it  as  "very  mniiiton  Septcmhcr  S  to  10, 
with  the  KiiiKh-ts,"  aii.l   Keays  iictcd  lioni  two  to  four  dailv  from 
Se|itenil>er  17  to  I'l,   1!Mll. 

I!Hi.     *l'itilhi„l,>i  aliiiviiilliis.    Clii'lijidec. 

March  !»-lit,  l-NiT,  ||„.  f|ii.l<ad.-,.  «ms  , -001111011.     ui,,.  nntrd  May   U 
l!»«»r,,  and  another  ,luiic    1.    l!Ki7.     These  ;iie  our  onlv  s|.riiij;  dat.^' 

Sei.teinU.r  .-.  ami  7,  l!Ki.-,  „iid  (>,l..l«.r  It)  of  t ,• ,,.,„■  .onstitute 

our   only    fall    dales.     <»nr    c.viicri c    with    tlic   spc.|,~,   ,,(    |»efroit 

leads  lis  to  lM.lh.ve  lliat  it  is  more  inimational  than  Is  jrenerally  .«up- 
|H.sed.  They  !.ie  common  thron-h  tlie  winter,  hut  alHxit  the  (irst  of 
•Vprli  the  !.'reat  hulk  of  them  depart,  leaviiij;  hut  ii  few  s,.ittcred 
summer  resl.l,.nts  l^hin,!.  They  .ippear  a^.-iin  mIm.iu  ti.e  end  of  An- 
tfusl,  though  not  lK<cominu'  Kcneraily  .  miinion  until  well  Into  Octo- 
l*r.  They  are  a  g(K)d  bird  to  listen  for  when  searchiiiK  for  fall 
warhlers.  Their  .lieery  v..l,-e  can  he  heard  some  distance  and  the 
f.dlowlm:  of  I,  „„  „rtcn  leads  one  to  a  nice  little  hunch  of  other  spe- 
cies with  which  they  are  fond  of  Kcepinj;  cmipaiiy. 

I!>7.     h'liiiiliis  Miitniixi.     (;ohh.|i-.rMwiied  Kinglet. 

•Met   Willi  hut   twice  In  the  late   f.ill.  «»elolM-r  111.    liHi."., 


1:!  1: 


iiid  OiiolM-r 


I!mk;. 

I1I.S.      *l{<viil„it  r,il,i„l,ilii.      Itiil.y  eiowned   Kiimiel. 

Wc   liave   noted   this   spe.ics   hut   oii.e   in    sprin;:.    M;n     i;:  H     j-HiT. 
"'""  '""  "  •'■•**    "•''■'■  ^ •      I"  llie  fall   It   has  heeu   n.liier  irieitnlar." 


m  ^m- 


MKROCOPV    RESOIUTION    TEST   CHART 

(ANSI  ond  ISO  TEST  CHART  No  2) 


L£ 


Ik 

lb 
IL 


2.8 

■  75 

36 

iii 

40 

1^ 

lij£ 

1.25  iU 


1.6 


A 


/APPLIED  IM^GE     Inc 

(.'16)    *8;      0.^00       Phoftt 


112 


Tin:  W'li.siiN  lln  i.ktin — Xo.  'i 


S«'i>tPiiitK'f  S.  1"..  ''..  Klus-'li  notpil  u  fpw  iiidividiiiils.  aiul  the  next  year 
it  imt  in  iiii  ii]ii'.>iiriin(e  Scptpnilier  IT.  incrciisin;;  to  connnon  on  tlie 
liOtii.  reniiiiiiins;  so  nntil  vnv  Inle  visit.  Octolier  H,  wlieu  flicie  were 
still  nniiiluM-s  lucsent.  'I'lie  1!iili\  •<r()\vn  liiis  ipiile  n  ilistinctive 
liilliit  of  tlittiii^r  its  wiii-.'s  while  piiii'^iiiL:  lor  ,i  iiiomi'Mt  hi'tween  its 
short  llit:hls  Ironi  honu'li  In  hcmi-'h  in  the  trees.  l!y  this  little  tniit 
It  run  often  he  reco-ni/.ed  from  the  (iolden-crown.  when  phiises  of 
idunint-'P  render  it  almost  iiidistini-'nlshMliIe  from  that  species.  It 
ns\iiilly  reserves  Its  voiiil  elTorls  for  the  silent  northern  woods  :  lint 
ome  in  n  while  It  dees  favor  ns  Southerns  with  a  few  e\traits  of 
its  part  ill  tlK'  wild  northern  symphony;  ami  we  are  snrprlsed  at 
so  nnich  riehness  of  tone,  sweetness  of  nielndy  and  strenjitli  of  voiie 
coinliined  in  so  small  a  compass. 

1!i;i.     *l'iiliiiiililit   <i/////'i/   -Itlne-L'ray   Cnatcatcher. 

.May  14.  VMCi.  the  rd\n'-:.'ray  «;nat<;ilcher  was  connnnn  on  the 
Point.  We  di<l  not  meet  it  In  spring;  an.ain  luitll  May  :!1,  VM>~.  when 
two  were  noted  .ViiRUst  -T>.  They  hecame  connnon  the  next  day,  re- 
nuiinlnK  Hnctualin^ly  so  nntil  September  '_'.  after  which  they  j;radu- 
ally  thinned  out  to  the  time  of  unr  departure  the  I'.th.  The  nioruin:; 
of  the  oth  wo  were  stalioueil  on  the  loolvont  tower  at  the  end  of  t!i" 
Point  when  we  saw  a  couple  tlyini;  outwiirds.  worklni;  from  tree 
•o  tree,  and  at  l;ist  vanlshiiiir  in  the  last  l.tisli  towards  the  tinal  sand- 
spit.  There  was  a  heavy  he.id  wind  hlowln^'.  liathini:  the  shores  with 
a  line  of  breakers,  a_'alnsl  which  Swalhiws  iind  Martins  were  inak- 
Ini:  steady  ami  calm  headw.iy.  lOvldently  Ihe  Knali-iitiliers  trinl  the 
passage  also,  for  a  lev,  mliiMles  Liter  we  saw  tlieui  relnrnint;  down 
the  wind  from  over  the  water  as  If  im.able  In  make  it.  They  came 
in.  fiKim;  the  wind  and  blowim;  backwards.  When  they  reached  tin- 
hind  they  turned  ii  little  olT  the  wind.  ln<re.islm;  their  efforts  at  the 
same  time.  Tlii'  result  was  that  Ihev  held  their  own  in  the  direction 
in  which  the  wind  \va-  blow  mil',  but  were  carrhil  irradnally  over 
sideways  tn  the  shelter  of  some  heavier  liaril  wood  trees,  into  which 
they  pliniL'  ind.  we  pn  sunie.  rested.  We  menlh'ii  this  lllle  epi- 
sode, as  11  may  h.ive  some  bearlii;:  nii  the  present  "Peain  Wind" 
theory  of  niiiiralion.  We  have  often  taken  advantaire  of  this  very 
same  ninnetiver  In  rowlim  a  boat  iki-i.^s  the  i-onrse  of  a  heavy  wind 
or  (iirre-it.  Mold  Hie  Niat  a  little  more  than  llir(>e  parts  facinc  the 
stress  and  wm-U  liisl  hard  eiioui:h  to  keep  from  belni;  swept  away 
and  yon  will  be  siiiplised  at  Ihe  riipiil  prouress  made  in  a  direction 
at  i'«lil  anirles  In  that  of  the  antai;onlstic  fori  e.  and  at  a  remark- 
tihly  small  expemllture  i>f  hilior.  That  birds  sliiiiild  take  ei|iial  acl 
\Hiitiii:e  of  so  ob\  Ions  a  piiii.  Ipb-  is  lint  >iirpri,--iML'.  and  it  may  be 
one  of  the  explanations  ol  Heir  apparent  preference  for  miuratlnu' 
with  a  'P.e.ini  Wind."  II  would  b.ive  an  additional  advantaire  also 
of  blowliiL'   their    feathers  down  closer  to  the   body  at   all   limes   and 


..jm.. 


'V*:  riK  ttM^JifL ' 


Ta\i:i<m:r  ami  S\v aij:s — (  )n  ruiNT  I'la.EK  I'.ikds.      113 


.    *     , 


iiviiidiiis;  tlic  (liscoiicertiiit;  «»( <nsi(iii;il  MciiiU'iit  of  trny  s<-iirrii'S  of 
wind  lilowiiiK  up  in  innlcr  the  iilmuiiirc  .'iikI  (lis;irr,in};inj;  it.  a  \>r»- 
(■•'(MliiiK  tlint  it  is  ('.isily  spcu  wonlii  iic  iinconifortMldo  in  all  casos, 
anil  pioliatily  daniicroiis  in  many. 

■JiNi.     *ll iil'iiii  lilii    Kiiixli'liiKi.    -\\'(iiii\  'I'lirnsh. 

•  'onnnon  .Ma,\  II.  r.«i."i.  and  mip  May  U'o.  i;ki7.  .Vol  seen  at  otlior 
limes  in  spring.  In  fall  vr  noted  one  Septendier  i;!,  I'.HC).  and  one 
i-ach  day  of  Seplemlier  1.  1'.  and  I'.t  and  lid.  I'.mm;.  in  i!K)T  hut  two 
were  seen  Septenilief  list.  Tlie  eo:nparative  rarity  of  this  s|)e<ies  Is: 
rather  pecnliar.  'I'lierc  is  plenty  of  promisini;  lookinL;  jiroiind.  hut 
it  does  not  seem  lo  he  ixcupied.  They  likely  inlirrate  tlironith  in 
considerahle  niimhers.  Iml  we  have  never  niana^ied  to  he  there  the 
rinlit  dates  for  tliis.  'I'lie  snmnier  resident  population  ol  Wood 
'I'hnishes  on   the   I'ionl    is  evidently  seantv. 


Uttl.     "Ihihirhhlu    fiixcix,-ri,s.  -WiKon's  'riinish. 

I'airly  ronmion  on  nearly  all  \  islts.  .May  H.  I'.Mp,".  Iwo  seen.  May 
•Jl.  IIHMi,  several:  .M.iy  :;ii..Inne  1.  liMiT,  -everal  e.icli  day.  Tsually 
eominon  lliroui.'li  the  lirsl  part  of  Seplemhei'.  I,;;st  seen  in  ]'MC. 
Seplemlier  K".  and  one  individual  Iin;:ered  the  suiioediii:;  .'ear  as 
lalo  as  the  LMith.  In  I!Mi7  we  saw  lliem  almost  diily  fron  .\m:u>if 
L'4  to  Septendier  1'.  after  which  none  were  noled.  thouv'h  we  vn,||,,incd 
until  the  rith. 

L'dl'.     "niil'iiiihlii    iilii-iii.     (iray  ihi-eki'd    'Ihi'Msli. 

This  does  not  appi'.ir  lo  I.e  i|nile  a-  eonnnon  a  species  as  the  Me\t 
on  the  I'oinl.  The  t\\<>  hirds  are.  liowcver.  so  mnih  alike  in  ap- 
pearance thai  it  lakes  considerahle  altenlion  .ind  iToml  oppurlunllv 
in  Ihe  way  of  liu'lil  lo  scpar.ile  Ihein.  .\s  it  is  nol  alwa\^  praclica- 
hle  III  follnw  up  and  scrullid/.e  e\cr.\  llirnsh  Hushed  in  Ihe  woods 
error  in  Ihe  re. ords  of  llie>e  Iwo  specie.,  may  at  an\  lime  creep  in. 
.\  few  of  either  spe.ies  uilu'lit  easily  escajie  notice  anion;;  niunhers 
of  the  other.  In  sprin;;  we  have  po>^ilively  idenlilied  tins  specie- 
liut  once.  >ray  IMi-.Iune  1.  I!ki7.  when  we  estimated  their  nnmhers 
at  'St  and  tl  respectively,  and  lonk  spc<iinens  fo  •  full  verilli'alion  nf 
so  late  ii  flale.  Tin-  spijn.:  wa<.  however,  so  ahnornially  late  that 
iiollilni;  in  thai  line  was  any  ureal  surprise.  May  lil.  1!mm!.  we  saw 
1  everal  thai  we  Ihoiiiiht  miulil  he  referahle  lo  liiis  species,  tlioiii.'h 
opll.;il  and  other  cdiidilioiiy  [ri'dnded  exact  dclermin.'ilion  of  ihls 
;Hilnl.  Si'plemher  s.  I!niT.  they  put  in  llieir  lirsl  ,ippe,irance,  he.oni- 
Inu   common    at    once   lo-ell  er    with    the  olive  ha<k    and    with    them 

vai.iiiii:  dall>    fiiiMi    e   lo  coiinion.    irreuiilMrly   in   (he  dale  ol    our 

dcparlnic  Ihe  |(;ih.  In  l!M  i;  ilie.\  were  nut  lo  he  found  atnotn:  tho 
l.iriri'  niinihers  i.f  i  Hive  hacks  preveni  Scpiemher  I  .!.  llioin;h  wo 
Im.ked  carefully   for  111 On   Ihe  relurii   visit.  SepteiuU-r  I."i21,  wo 


lit 


TiiF-  Wilson  F.ci.i.ktin— No.  G4. 


listed  from  one  to  s=evernl  each  .lay.  Tl.e  IStli  a  large  number  of 
Olive-backs  came  in  and  with  then,  the  (Jray-cheeU.  and  be<'ame 
very  common  for  that  day  and  the  next.  In  VM)7  two  doubtful  birds 
were  noted  Peptenilier  4. 

2t):!.     *I[ylo<-ichla  ii.stiiluta  .«i/a./iso/ii.— Olivo-backed  Thrush. 

l-on.n.on  May  14,  Wn,  and  a  few  seen  May  21,  100(!.  The  late 
d'ltes  of  May  r.O-.Iuno  1.  I'.KiT.  saw  them  (luite  coiiniiou,  alwut  e<iual- 
ing  in  numbers  the  preceding'  spe.'ies.  In  September,  li)i»5.  tl.e  first 
■irriveil  the  (Uh.  becomins  very  .onni.on  the  sth.  It  disappeared 
that  night,  but  {.'radualiy  increased  again  to  the  i:!th,  when  it  fairly 
swarmed  all  over  the  place,  then  slowly  decrease<l  in  inunbeis  to  the 
end  of  our  stnv,  the  ICth.  Our  Seplend.er  l-:i  trip  of  liH..;.  found  It 
nlreadv  verv  conunon.  On  our  return  trip.  September  15.  it  was  not 
observed  until  the  ITth.  became  .•onunon  ai-ain  tlie  next  two  days, 
and  again  dwindled  to  one  on  the  21st,  when  we  left.  In  liH)7.  in 
fall  but  two  birds  were  not^d.  September  4.  whose  exact  specific 
Flatus  ccmld  not  be  determined.  This  and  the  preceding  species  are 
so  nearlv  alilie  in  outward  appearance  as  to  be  readily  misti-.Uei,  one 
for  the  "other.  With  good  light  and  fair  opportunity,  however,  tlie 
ochraceous  suffusion  on  the  si.lc  .f  the  fa.e  of  this  spe.ies  as  <-on- 
trasted  with  the  ashy  appearance  to  the  same  parts  of  the  other 
.-onslfnte  a  re<-ognltion  mark  that  is  not  readily  mistaken.  The  dif- 
fcrciK-e  between  them  seems  mn.li  more  marked  in  live  than  in  dry 
m.iseum  spe.lmens.  These  two  species  suffer  greatly  .hiring  the 
SbMrp-shiim.'d  llnwk  lliglits  as  mentioned  befoiv.  Iturlng  tin-  |«-rlo.ls 
„f  this  Ilawk-s  abundance  little  scalleivd  |.it<<s  of  thrush  teathers 
.•,in  be  found  every  here  an.l  there  tlirnugh  the  underbrush. 

2<U.     *ll!ll<i<irhlii  fiiilliilii  ;.(i//<(.si/.      llennlt  TlirnHb. 

Octob<>r  2!t.  I'.Xir..  and  0.tober  U  1.'.,  I'.Hit;,  are  the  only  times  we 
have  lieeii  at  the  Point  during  the  migration  period  <.f  the  Hermit 
Thrush,     on  both  ...rasions  they  have  Imwi  .oinmoii. 

L'o.'i.     *l'liiiii-sliriin  mii/Mi/orii.".   -.ViiH-riian  Kobin. 

Common  ..n  all  M  ly  <lates.  Mar.li  !>1<».  l-.MiT,  the  llrst  relay  bad  al- 
ready .•ome  an.l  pa  -cd  on  as  Cardn.'r  reporte.l  I.aving  s.mmi  several 
the  7th.  which  w.-ie  ..•riainly  not  in  cvidcn.e  I.,  ns.  T'ley  were  irreg- 
ularlv  comm..n  .luring  the  early  days  of  fall,  but  became  abumlant 
iMter'wlKMi  the  wild  grap.'s  w.mc  rip".     Ourlng  oi  '  early  S.-plember 

,l„tes   thev  have   usually   1  .-.■n   rather  s.aive   f..r  s..  .-..m i  a    bird. 

I,nt  O.tober  LM),  V.¥C,.  and  <»c|ol.er  I »  15.  I'.ttMi.  they  were  present  in 
great  numbers,  .\long  in  the  aflenii«.h  of  the  latter  .late  we  ob 
Herv<>.l  a  tlo.  k  of  this  sp.'.ies  ntarl   out    from   the  end  of  the   I'oint. 

•  .   ■     ..  ,._ «!.„     1..1-..     ff\\'     «t>o    4t>titi     w)int*i* 


T.WKKNKK   AND  SwAI.K S— f )%•    I'dlNT    I'l-l.KK   I'.IRPS.        115 


.1, 


20(i.     'Sialiit  aidlis. — Rluoliinl. 

May  l.".-14,  Hhj."..  tlie  l!ln«'l)ii(l,  tli<m;;li  ("iiiiiioii  on  tli<<  in  liii-laiiil, 
was  not  won  on  the  Point  at  all.  May  21,  the  lollowhij,'  year,  tmt 
few  were  noted.  March  i)-10,  1!H>7.  however,  tliey  wer!  ;:!-ea(ly  pres- 
ent in  eonsideralile  n>inil)ers,  tliou^'li  tiiey  liad  not  as  .mi  put  in  an 
a|)pearance  at  lU'lroit,  fn.ni  wlience  we  came.  May  ■">1,  IfHlT.  we 
saw  lint  one  on  the  Point.  In  early  fall  onr  cxjiorience  has  invaria- 
hly  lieen  the  same — lUuchinls  scarce,  rare,  or  ahsent  on  tlie  Point 
proper,  while  connnon  on  the  artjoinini;  mainland.  Octolier  li!1, 
VM}'>.  however,  they  were  there  in  nnmtiers  .amply  sutficient  to  make 
up  for  deliciencies  at  other  times.  They  were  spread  all  over  the 
end  of  the  Point,  and  in  alon;;  the  eastern  .-ire,  as  far  as  the  cot- 
ton-wood trees  extended.  Hero  numhers  were  feedint:  on  the  hare 
sand  with  tlie  Prai>:e  Horned  l.arks.  It  wa>  in  the  waste  clear- 
ings lieyoud  (iardner's  place,  however,  that  the  greatest  numhers 
\.ere  found.  Here  they  were  in  flocks  almost  as  dense  as  hlack- 
hirds.  When  flushed  from  the  „  .lund  they  jjenerally  flew  to  some  of 
the  numerous  ciiunps  of  Imshes  crowin;;  here  and  there  In  the  open 
and.  when  they  lit  and  wore  viewed  from  a  little  distance,  they 
were  in  sutlicient  numhers  to  «ive  to  the  whole  hush  a  decidedly 
hlueisli  cast.  Wi'  are  informed  hy  several  witnesses  tliat  the  win- 
ter of  JlKtC.-"  they  wintered  on  the  Point  in  some  lunnhers  and 
throu;;h  the  winter  of  1!K»T-S,  (Jardncr  wrote  us  several  times  .  the 
presence  of  ahout  six  individuals  in  the  uoiKlihorhood  of  his  iiiace. 
We  have  never  known  tlie  sjiecies  to  winter  with  us  ahout  Detroit. 


it    I  lie    fnros'iing 


SllM'I.r.Ml-.N  I  AKV    I.ISf. 

SiKcifs    :ii!ik'il    to    list    since    jmlilicalimi 

■.'<•".     *l  rill  /(/(/nii;.- P.i  (innich"s  Murre. 

The  occurrence  of  ihis  species  u|>on  tlie  Croat  Lakes  constitute 
ulmost  as  ;;rcat  a  laolilem  as  that  of  the  t'reat  migratory  irruption 
of  the  Sand  (irous-o  in  Kurope.  Normally  of  a  purely  .Vrctic  haliitat, 
its  most  southorn  hreedin^'  Kroniid  licin,'  Cape  Wolstenholme,  at 
the  eidrance  to  Hudson  Hay,  it  lias  at  irretrnlar  iiitciyals  in  the  late 
fall  appeared  on  onr  inlanil  lakes  in  urcat  mmiliers.  Tlie  llrsl 
record  Hiylit  occurred  in  tlio  winter  of  isii:;  I.  Since  tlii'ii  llie  List 
of  .Novendier  and  tlrst  of  Oecemhor  has  seen  i.'ro;i!or  or  less  iiinnhers 
of  tlieiii  nearly  c\cMy  year  on  the  lower  laki'S,  Tlie  intorostin;:  part 
of  II  is  that  of  all  that  so  roach  us  none  seem  to  xnrvive  more  than 
a  wej'k  or  so.  iim"  e  out  of  their  imrtlioni  waters  they  mII  seem  to 
starve  to  (!oalh  and  are  picked  up  on  the  shores  in  all  KtM«os  of 
emmiation.  We  have  various  records  of  llie  species  on  the  Detroit 
lliver   from   llie  ureal   IllKlit   of   ISIMI,  and   niidonhtodly    at    that    lime 


lie 


Tiir.  \Vn-s<iN  I'.i  i.i.ktin— X<>.  ''I 


tl.Py  .Mvurml  iit  the  I'oii.t.  tmt  of  tlw.t  we  liMve  n.,  re.-..r.l.  1  l.e  Ins 
„f  November,  I'.H.T.  a  mni.l.er  sveve  titkeu  .m  tl.e  I>etr..it  Hiver.  ,n..l 
December  10  we  receive,!  u  bird  from  (iar.b.or  :it  tl.e  I'olnt.  lie  in- 
forms us  that  several  were  seen  on  tl.e  lake  in  the  ...ornin«.  In  tl.e 
afterno.»n  but  one  remained,  and  it  ai.peare.l  weak  an.l  unable  to 
Hy  The  next  n.orni..};  it  was  found  dead  and  washed  ashore  on 
the  beach.  For  further  details  of  the  ocurren.e  of  this  bird  see 
Fleniins;.— /'iw.  IVIh,  Jiifiil  Coiiii..  I'-M'.',.  pp.  ."JS-t:!. 

20S.     *r.iinis  (/f7(n'(i)r».vi.<.  -ltiii>:-bllled  (Jnll. 

Probably  owin«  to  the  practical  ditti..ilty  of  separating:  this  spe- 
cies fi-om  the  lariier  Ilerrins  (Jull  the  Kinu-bill  had.  ..p  to  tl.e  fall  of 
1!H»-  ..scaiiwl  our  observation.  However,  that  year,  .\nmist  2.,  and 
to   the  time   ..f   our   departui-e.    September   C,    we    fo.n.d    them    vei-y 

(•on.m..n.     Several  we.-e  taken  1  provc.l  to  be  juvenile  bii-ds.  and 

nil   seen   seemed   to   be   in   the   s:ime   plumage.      If   anylhinii   it    was 
rather   ...ore   numerous   than   tl.e    Herring'   tiull,   with   whi.h   it  <-on- 
stantlv  as.sociated.    We  had  every  opiK.rtuiiity  to  study  tl.e  two  spe- 
cies t.-fiether  and  fo.n.d  that  about  the  only  practi<'al  distiiK  tion  that 
co.dd  be  made  between  tl.e...  in  life  was  that  of  size,  and  then  only 
when  iK.th  were  present  and  dose  <  ..ou;;l.  together  to  all  iw  of  dose 
comparison.     The   yonn^-    Ilerriiit,'   <;ull   havin;;   the   sa.ne   appei.riuK 
rU)ii  on  tl.e  bill  as  this  sihxIcs  rcndei-s  that  .nark  of  little  i-cliability 
in   i\.venile  birds.     The  tail    of    the    fon..er    i.i    ii.....at.iiv    stages    is 

practi.;illv  all  fuscns.  while  in  the  Kini.'-hill  it   is  niostly  liu'ht  at  tl.e 
base  witi".  a  broad  bar  across  ..ear  the  end.     This,  however,  is  o..ly 
observable  fi-o...  the  upiK-r  surface.  a..<l  so  is  seldom  available  as  a 
held  mark,     .\mrust   l.Vlf,,  l!Ki,s.  we  fou...l  quite  a  ......iber  ali'ci.dy  at 

tl.e  Point,  so  they  i.n.st  return  cjirly   in  .Vn;;usl   fi-om  their  bi'eedi..« 
Ki'ounds  on  Lake  llii.-o.i. 

2<Ki.     MiiiKiiisir  .sr/)(i/i,r.— Ued  brcii-itcd  Mer-'anser. 

!-..der  the  head  of  .\...erican  .Mcl-'aiiser  we  stated  that  ut.doubt- 
edly  iM.lh  species  of  }t,;;ini,.s>;-  occun-ed.  but  that  amrririnnis  was 
the  o..ly  one  of  which  we  bad  so  far  leceiv.'d  authoritative  data. 
Since  that  writii.L',  lioweve.-,  we  have  bee.,  cabled  to  add  this  siie- 
cii'S  den.iitely  to  o..r  list,  and  at  tl.e  sn...e  ti.iic  .iilded  another  i..- 
ferestinc  eplsod.'  to  our  I'elce  cxpcrlem  es. 

May  1-:*,  VMtS.  the  weather  was  vei-y  sev.Mi'  for  that  ti.iie  of  the 
year.  \  sL-on-  «ale  pi'evailcd  thro.ii-'h  the  1st  and  :.'d.  with  a  heavy 
snow  storn.  Ih.'oimh  the  afleriioo.  of  the  latter  diile.  Tl.e  water  was 
very  hi:;!,  a. id  the  outer  cud  of  the  Point  wii*  Mib..i,'r;.'i-d  for  a  dls- 
Inn-c  of  aU.iit  half  a  mile,  its  outer  tip  bathed  in  ra'-'i.iu'  surf,  dash- 
ing' ;:i-cal  .iias>cs  of  feathei-y  spume  hi^'h  in  the  :.i.-.  .lust  a.-ouiid  the 
e.id  of  the  i'oint  and  .just  be.vond  the  line  of  tl.e  mo-t  t.-ouble.l  water 
lay   SI   ii.i.xed   Hock  of  ducks  a.id  «rcl>es  not  ...oie  tliMi.  t.iiy  icci  from  (he 


Mmf-^i^^3Mmmm^a»r: ^itsweks:    mi  mk   imi        i  ¥ '«•-■,.'"■  .F"'jw.ns3:«fl». 


AVKUNKU   AMI  SwAl.KS On    I'liIXT    I 'KI.KK   lllUDS.        117 


i  ft 


.,. 


sliore.  The  sens  swirlin;:  about  tlio  point  wero  piliiit:  in  liciv  iieiivily 
on  the  sliore,  Imt  undistinlKMl  liy  llie  nci;,'lilpi>rinK  <<ininiotion  iind  the 
wihl  tossinfs  of  the  water  under  llieni  they  sat  motioidess  on  tlie 
surface,  eacli  with  its  head  under  Its  win;:,  and  to  all  appearances 
fast  asleep.  I'nder  cover  of  the  heavy  juniper  s<rul)  trinaiuK  the 
shores.  Swales  was  enabled  to  creep  up  to  the  sleeping:  llnck  within 
easy  fjuu  rauiie,  and,  with  field  glasses,  watch  tlieni  at  close  quar- 
ters. There  were  about  twenty-live  male  Ued-br,'asted  .\ieri:a users, 
ft  few  Uudrtys  and  r  iilleheads  in  the  lloik.  and  with  them,  but 
keepinir  well  bundled  together,  were  ii  niu<h  lar;:er  number  of 
Homed  fJrebes.  While  watchiii'-'  tli(>m  tlie  wonder  srew  as  to  how, 
while  motionless,  seeminu'  sound  asleep,  tliey  manii«ed  to  Uee))  the 
same  relative  distance  from  shore  without  hein^'  washed  in  o-i  the 
IxMU-h  on  the  one  hand  or  carried  away  liy  llic  drift  of  tlie  water  on 
the  other.  For  !-cvcr;il  hours,  or  as  loir.'  as  we  observed  tlii'in,  they 
lay  bi're,  tossinu'  about  on  I  lie  miiirh  water,  .•ippnrently  obliviniis  to 
the  whole  world,  but  remainiiii;  stationary  as  tliou;:li  anchored  In 
place. 

This  same  sprite.'  Ihi'  speiies  was  unusn.illy  (ommori  on  the  I>e- 
troit  Itiver  and  I.aUe  SI.  Chiir  duriii.'  late  .\pril  and  early  May.  It 
is  Usually  a  rattier  si-:\rce  siiecies.  but  duriic  these  dates  more  were 
hrouitht  in  to  the  t:ixidermist's  eslablislimcnts  of  tlie  city  lln;n  dur- 
ing any  jirevieus  year  of  which  we  have  any  record. 


List    (m-    .^piu  imkns    Ki'(  i:i\  i  n.    (■(i.\iiu.\tAT(iuv    hk    Kyf.   or 

()llll.!;    Ii  I.N  I  li  ,:  A  llilNS  (  il\  I.N    IN    l"i  iKl-.i'.dl  Nf;   T.VGI'.S. 

T.nriiK  ii]nlail<  liiliin     I.oiiaparte's  Cull. 

Juvenile  male  taken  by  Taverner.  .Viiirust   1.',  P.KiS.  .Mioul  six  were 
seen  at  that  time,  all  iu  smiie  ph:ise  of  plumairc. 
Ifarelilft  hyvmnris. — (Hd-sipiaw. 

.Male  in  full  winter  plumaVe,  picked  up  dead  on  the  shore,  March 
.".l,   litOH.  by  Cardiier  and  sent    to   ns. 
liiilliiK  I  h  !iiiii.s.~-K\nsi  Kail. 

Two  spei-imcus  received  from  Kardiier  .\pril  -2.  P.his. 
Ciilliuiti's  niiiii.    -Turkey   Vulture. 

lJe<eived  one  bird   from  llardiicr.  .\|iiil   •_'!.    l'.«is      See   Mil,-.    \  VI", 
IIHIS.   p.  :VJS,     It   bad   been   killed   not   iikpic  lli.ni  luo  days'  prcvicnis. 

l'ii\(  I.I  siiiN  .\Nit  Si  .m  \i.\m  . 

Sitirc  wrilin.L;-  the  iiitr'nlm-tury  nivl  c.]u'iiiiicr  jiai^cs  dt  tins  list, 
ovi.r  a  \iar  lias  p;is>;il.  and  cunsiilcralilc  data  li.as  Ikcii  yatlicrcd 
tl^at  itu'fc  sciiiis  ni>  |ir.Ktica!  way  nf  iiichidint::  under  its  pmiK-r 
li.";iiliiiir      ^iimc  111'  ilic  111.  si  iiiiiiorlani  nf  tliis  \vc  have  incliuk'd 


>■»  <^  r 


^¥Sa&i 


'm.^Mm^^ 


**«*.^ 


118 


TiiR  Wir-soN  Bui.t.F.TON — No.  Gl. 


in  supplementary  lists  and  some  of  it  falls  naturally  under  this 
head.  The  remainder  contains  little  of  great  importance,  taken 
alone,  and  will  have  to  wait  a  possible  future  publication,  when 
a  further  accumulation  of  data  warrants  a  reconsideration  of 
the  whole  matter. 

Since  the  last  trip  mentioned  in  the  introduction,  May  31, 
I'JOr,  was  made,  three  more  visits  have  been  paid  to  the  Point, 
as  follows : 

.\ugust  'M,  li'Or,  in  company  with  W.  K.  Saunders,  Nornvin 
A.  W<!0<1,  aiid  J.  S.  Wallace,  we  established  camp  in  the  old 
situation  marked  "Camp  Cones"  on  the  accompanying  map. 
This  year,  however,  camping  was  not  all  roses,  as  it  had  been 
t)revious  seasons.    The  days  were  beautiful,  but  the  nights  were 
ren.kred  unlx-arable  by  tiie  presence  of  clouds  of  mosquitoes. 
X<T  was  there  any  escapt>  from  them.    They  were  of  an  unusu- 
ally late  and  voracious  brood,  and  smoke  that  made  the  eyes  run 
and  breath  gag  but  stimulated  their  energy.   Mr.  Wcxxl  was  the 
Mos.'s  -vho  li.d  us  out  of  our  difficulty,  and  we  are  afraid  that 
witho.     him  camp  would  have  Ix-en  immediately  struck  until 
after  fnst.     Acting  upon  his  example  and  advice,  we  betook 
ourselves  to  a  reighlxmng  barn  and,  climbing  up  in  the  mow, 
laid   ourselves    down    in    the   sweet    new    hay.     Though  great 
gai)ing  cracks  opened  in  the  walls  all  around  us  tliere  was  not 
a  single  mos(|uito  there.    We  think  this  worthy  of  mention  as 
it  may  Ix'  the  means  of  helping  some  other  jKxir  field  collector 
to   much    needed   rest.    Mr.   Wood   is  authority  for  the  state- 
ment that  there  are  never  any  mostfliitos  in  hay  mows,  and  as 
far  as  our  expirience  g(K's  we  heartily  endorse  it  and  pass  the 
good  word  along. 

August  -.'S.  Saun<kTS  and  Wallace  left  us  and  Swales  depart- 
ed the  :!1st.  leaving  Wood  and  Tavertier,  who  remained  until 
SeptenilHT  <;.  During  this  time  we  worke<l  all  parts  of  llw 
outer  Toiiil  except  the  marsh  lands;  i)aying  special  attention 
to  the  extreme  end  and  the  migraliotis  therefrom.  The  shoot- 
ing sea-nii  o|Kne(l  the  1st  nf  Sei>ti'mb;r  and  we  examined  the 
bag-;  made  bv  the  hunters,  (|uestione(l  them  closely,  and  receiv- 
ed some  gnixl  m.itirial  in  the  way  of  siiecimens  and  notes  from 
them.     We  were  on  the  ground  rather  earlier  tills  iall  iliaii  we 


Wm^m^MM 


TWKRNKR  AM)  SwAI.F.S C)S   PoiNT  PF-LFJ-:  P>IRnS.        110 


ft 


.  i 


'        1 


had  Ix'cn  U'forc.  The  niisratii  ns  were  late  in  startinpf,  and 
consc(jnently  we  were  able  to  ol>serve  occurrences  of  the  earlier 
migrations  that  wc  had  heretofore  missed.  We  judge  that  at 
this  time  the  migrations  were  about  a  week  later  than  normal 
and  this  should  be  remembered  in  connection  with  the  dates  of 
the  preceding  list.  The  great  bulk  of  tlie  earlier  wader  mi- 
grants were  still  present  when  we  arrived,  and  we  found  con- 
siderable numlx>rs  of  other  species  that  wc  had  net  previously 
noted  or  had  seen  but  few  stragglers  of  in  the  fall.  On  previous 
visits  most  of  the  shore  birds  observed  had  Ixen  juveniles  but 
this  season  we  found  a  go<id  many  adults  among  them. 

The  warblers  as  a  family  had  not  yet  c(  me  down  in  their 
usual  fall  abundance  up  to  the  time  when  we  left.  Some 
sj)ecies,  it  is  true,  were  unusually  conur.on.  such  as  th-c  Mourn- 
ing Warbler  and  ^Vatcr-Thrush,  but  at  no  time  wefe  there  any 
such  numlxTs  of  many  species  of  this  family  as  were  noted 
September  4  and  ,"),  lOO.").  or  1  to  .'!,  PlOC. 

On  the  whole,  gauged  by  the  results  ob.ained,  this  was  one 
of  the  most  important  trips  we  have  made  and  substantiated 
in  striking  manner  many  of  our  ideas  of  ihc  migrational  im- 
portance of  Point  Pelee.     Of  this  more  anon. 

The  next  visit  to  the  Point  was  made  by  Swaks  and  Wal- 
lace, May  l-:{,  lOO.s.  The  weather  was  most  unseasonably 
cold  and  stcrmy  during  these  days.  A  heavy  gale  blew  all 
the  first  two  days  with  a  blinding  snow  storm  the  forenoon 
of  the  latter.  The  waters  of  Lake  h'rie  were  very  high  and  a 
gfXMl  i)art  of  the  Point  was  under  water.  This  had  a  most  in- 
teresting effect  on  the  marsh  dwellers  who  were  driven  from 
their  usual  habitats  well  into  the  wrxMled  sections.  Rails 
were  found  running  armmd  am<  ng  the  red  cedars  near  the  end 
of  the  Point  and  the  Marsli  Wrens  invadetl  the  haunts  of  the 
Winter  Wrens.  On  the  marsh  itself,  where  usually  is  seen 
nothing  but  an  all-ei>vering  and  all-concealing  mass  of  reeds 
and  cat-tails  was  n])en  water  over  which  ( iallinules  and  Ooo'.s 
]>a<idled  and  cackled  and  laughed  in  the  broad  light  of  day, 
laving  bare  some  of  their  n:ost  hidden  life-history  secrets. 
'r\\c  iiittefis.  l)oth  .American  and  Least,  unable  to  reach  the 
muddv  iMitiom   or   find    s!,iliK    ftKiliti^    in   lluir   usual  liaunts, 


120 


Tmf.  Wii.snx  nrr.r.KTON — Xo.  ('. ). 


were   congregated   along   the   steep   shores   by   the   road   and 
here,  unincunilx-nd  hy  the  iini)edinienta   of  vegetable  growth, 
coidfl  Ix?  walehed  with  case  as  they  pursued  the  tenor  of  their 
daily    economy    unsusi)ici(  us  of  prying  eyes.     Warl)lers    WL-re 
scarce,  a  few  only  of  the  early  onis  iK'ing  ol^served.    This  was 
also  true  at  ihat  date  at  adjoining  localities.     The  late,  cold 
spring  held  nearly  everything  back  and  species  usually  exi)€Ct- 
ed  early  in  the  month  were  not  noted  until  the  middle,  and  then, 
in  many  cases,  rushed  thn  ugh  so  rjuickly  as  to  give  us  but  the 
most  fleeting  view  of  them  as  they  jjassed.     ( )n  the  other  hand 
I'.rown  Tlirashers  were  very  common  and  when  the  morning  of 
the  :!rd  broke  bright  and  cliar.  iheir  combined  chorus,  ]nmctu- 
aled  by  the  clear  whistling  of  the  Cani.nals  and  the  (nrcasional 
chuckle  of  the  Chat,  made  an  im|)ression  not  soon  lo  be  forgot- 
ten.    The  presence  of  a  numlKT  of  \\hi|x:orwills.  considering 
the  condition  of  the  weatliLT,  was  a  snr])rise.     The  VVhi|)oor- 
will  is  a  nnich  more  hardy    bin!    than  its  close    relative,    the 
Xighthawk.  and  is  much  more  often  seeii  in  earlv  spring  and 
late  fall :  but  in  spile  of  this  we  were  hardly  prepared  to  find  so 
many  of  them  during  this    early- April-like    weather.     Their 
usual  fastnesses  of  the  junifXT  tangle  had  been  invaded  by  wat- 
er and  many  of  them  were  forced  out  into  the   most    unlikely 
places,  even  into  the  middle  of  the  waste  clearings,  among  the 
dried  grasses  and  mulk'in  stalks  toward  the  end  of  the  Point. 

Another  tri])  was  made.  August  l.")-l(;.  iiios.  by  Wallace 
and  Taverner.  We  planned  in  this  can-  to  study  the  T'oint 
avifauna  just  Ix^fore  the  k-gining  of  the  migrations,  but  in  this 
were  disappointed,  as  the  migrations  were  then  already  well 
under  way.  A  nmnlKT  of  warblers  were  already  present, 
among  them  the  Canadian.  Mourm'ng  and  the  Water-Thrush, 
and  another  Prairie  Warbler  was  added  to  our  list  of  I'elee 
Rfx-cimens.  The  flycatchers  were  already  in  force,  the  Pewees 
almost  in  their  full  fall  numl)ers  and  the  Kingbirds  gathering. 
l!ol)olinks  were  passing  over  towards  th<>  south;  also  flocks  of 
Cowbirds  and  Red-winged  P.lackbirds.  Great  flocks  of  Swal- 
lows. P.arn.  I'.ank.  Tree  and  Rough-winged,  were  congregating 
nt  flw.  en.!  of  tl'.e  Point.  an,i  the  !--.t!i  a  tl-Kk  t>f  atie  luin.lred 
Martins  was  seen  resting  on  the  ridge  of  the  fish  bouse  near  the 


•tJt^^iKtva*!  rrrwmr  • .— <<«■■ 


T.WKRNF.H  AND  SWAI.K S— ()\    I'oi\T   IV.I.F.F.  ISlKPS.        Vll 


i 


Old  (  f  tlic  Point.  Xfxt  day  they  wcrj  gone,  liaving  presumably 
continued  tlieir  way.  Tlie  east  1)eacli  was  not  tborouKldy  worlc- 
cd  and  n(jt  many  .waders  were  seen.  Willi  the  exception  of  the 
Spotted  Sandpi]XT  all  seen  under  conditions  by  which  age 
could  Ik  judged  were  adults.  The  Sanderling  taken  pnning 
to  l)e  an  old  bird  whereas  hcretofc  re  on  seasonally  later  dates, 
all  were  juvenile.  The  most  C(-ii^picuons  feature,  however,  was 
the  numlKT  of  C'arolin  Wrens  singing.  \'\y  to  this  date  we  have 
found  them  in  but  one  limited  locality,  but  these  days  they  were 
all  over  the  end  of  the  Point.  ( )n  the  whole,  this  visit  was  con- 
siderabi-  of  a  surprise.  Though  nothing  very  startling  was  ob- 
served, the  data  obtained  on  the  early  Ix-ginnings  of  the  fall 
migration  were  of  considerable  in.erest. 

These  last  three  trips  adiled  ccnsiderably  to  our  knf>wledg.'  of 
Point  Pdec,  especially  in  its  migratioual  aspects  and  has  veri- 
fied nianv  of  our  ])revious  ideas,  and  suggested  others  iK'fore 
not  thought  of.  ( )nc  fact  they  have  accentuated  in  a  marked  de- 
jrrce,— the  "wave"  like  form  of  many  of  the  migrations.  In- 
deed we  almost  feel  tempted  to  generalize  by  saying  that  nearly 
all  species  can  at  f)ne  tinx  or  ano.her  of  the  seasim  Ix-  found 
here  in  such  mimlxrs  as  to  constitute  a  "wave".  In  such  man- 
ner we  have  so  far  noted  the  following  six?cics  that  are  not  usu- 
allv  regarded  as  gregnrions ;  nor  woulil  we  care  to  so  designate 
them  even  after  onr  expet  •  nee  with  them  here.  Every  indica- 
tion goes  to  sln.w  ih;>*  !!'  '  ar  mt  drawn  together  as  s(Kial 
collections,  but  rather  .y  .> 
gatherings  are  rather  the  ri  - 
common  conditions,  n-iikniL'  t 
lake  and  arriving  simultain. 
can  be  obtained  under  their 


Sliari>-shiiuuil  1  lawk. — Si 

1.')-  -i-l,  VMM;. 

Northern  l-"licker. — Sei>t.   1  I 

Aug.  Vd-Sept.  ('..  Pior. 

Whipi><)rwill.— Sept.  1.'.,  VM 
Ruby-throated  Hunnuingbini 
King])inl.— Aug.  v'i-'^!',  VMY.  , 


inity  of  interes'.,  and  their 
t  each  individual,  moved  by 
e  same  ci    <<ing  place  of  the 
Hetai!        ■  icb  occurrences 
■ifu    Head-  in  the  list. 
pt.,  Ht-i;,  190.-);  Sept. 

i'.tif, ;    Sept.    \'<-T>.    P.MtC. ; 

l-:i    "M)H. 
i-;i,i  '  ";. 


122 


Thk  Wilson  Ruu-eton — No.  fit. 


Wood  Pewee.— Sept.  4-8,  190.-);  Sept  l-.'J,  li)OC;  Aug.  24- 
Sept.  (i,  1!)07 ;  Aug.  15-10,  1908. 

Yellow-bellied  Flycatcher.'— Sept.  9-1;?,  1905 ;  Aug.  29, 1907. 

Least  Flycatcher.— Aug.  28-29,  1907. 

Orchard  Oriole. — All  May  trips  excepts  that  of  1908. 

Baltimore  Oriole. — All  May  trips  except  that  of  1908. 

Ulack-poll  Warbler.— Sept.  3,  190G. 

Water-Thrush.— Aug.  27.-Sept.  2,1907. 

Red-breasted  Nuthatch.— Oct.  14,  1905. 

Gray-cheeked  Thrush.— Sept.  11-13,  1905. 

Olive-backed  Thrush.— Sept.  13-15, 1905  ;  Sept.  1-3, 1906. 

Robin.— Oct.  29, 1905. 

Bluebird.— Oct.  29,  1905. 

Besides  these,  that  have  occurred  in  such  absolute  numbers  as 
to  warrant  a  loose  designation  of  "flight"  to  their  occurrence, 
we  have  at  various  times  found  the  following  so  relatively 
numerous  that,  taking  into  consideration  their  usual  rarity,  we 
are  almost  justified  in  including  them  in  the  above  list. 

Duck  Hawk. — Seen  on  nearly  all  September  trips. 

Pigeon  Hawk.— Sept.  17,  1901;  May  13,  1905;  Sept.  lG-19- 
21,  190G  ;  Aug.  31,  1907  ;  May  1,  1908. 

American  Goshawk. — Oct.  21-Jan.  18,  190G. 

Philadelphia  Vireo.— Sept.  19-20,  190G. 

Blue-beaded  Vireo.— May  14,  1905. 

Cape  May  Warbler.— Sept.  13, 1905 ;  Aug.  29-Sept.  2,  1907. 

Connecticut  Warbler.— Aug  2r.-31 ,  1907. 

Mourning  WarWe. .— Aug.  28-31,1907. 

Of  other  species  that  arc  known  and  expected  to  travel  in 
flocks  we  have  met  the  following  in  unusual  numbers. 

Blue  Jay.— Oct.  14,  190G. 

Blackbirds,  all  s[)ecies.— Aug.  27-30,1907  ;  all  Sept.  dates,  and 
especially  Oct.  15,  190ii. 

Crow.— Oct.  14,  1900. 

Bobolink.— Sept.  5.  1905 ;  .Sept. 
Aug.  15,  1908. 

Purple  Martin. — Aug.  2G-Sept. 

Barn  Sw.Tllnw. — Aug.  15-10,  1908.  ,^nd  .qll  early  Sept.  dates. 

Bank  Swallow.- Aug.  15-10,  1908,  and  all  early  Sept.  dates. 


18,  1900;  Aug.  27-31,  1907; 
5,  190V;  Aug.  15,  1908. 


wm^^imst^^mr^^^si^ 


" 

Taverner  and  Swales— On  Point  Pei.ee  Birds.     123 

1 

». 

'* 

Rough-winged    Swallow.— Aug.   24-27,  1907;   Aug.    15-10. 
1908. 

T».irnle  Finch— Sent.  19-Oct.  14.  1906. 

The  alx)ve  classification  is,  of  course,  lof)sc  and  arbitrary,  but 
is  sufficient,  and  is  mainly  intended  to  call  attention  to  certain 
facts  pointing  to  the  importance  of  Pelee  as  a  migration  route 
.that  might  otherwise  pass  unobserved  in  the  general  list.  An- 
other fact,  not  strictly  ornithological,  but  bearing  on  this  same 
subject,  struck  us  as  of  peculiar  interest.  Each  September  we 
have  witnessed  great  gatherings  of  the  common  Milkweed  or 
Monarch  Butterfly,  Atwsia  plexipptis.  They  gather  o,  the 
trees  in  hundreds.  September  12, 1905,  we  found  a  cottonwood 
on  the  east  beach  whose  lee  was  so  covered  with  them  as  to  a^v 
pear  red  instead  of  green.  In  1907  we  noted  in  company  with 
them  large  numbers  of  Papilw)  crespJwnles  and  P.  troilus.  The 
Monarch  is  a  well  known  migrant,  but  the  other  two  are  not.  as 
we  are  aware,  supposed  to  migrate  at  all.  However  all  of  these 
species  wen."  almost  invariably  observed  flying  in  a  most 
determined  manner  out  the  point ;  and  on  fine  days  there  was 
a  constant  stream  of  them  st-'-'ing  out  from  the  end  of  the 
Point  and  making  their  way  towards  the  opposite  shore,  fol- 
lowing the  san-.e  route  taken  by  tlie  majority  of  the  bird  mi- 
grants. 

.\nother  fact  that  has  Ix^n  well  brought  out  by  the  work  on 
the  Point  among  the  waders,  the  departure  of  tlie  adults  before 
tlie  juveniles.  The  earlier  birds  of  this  class  in  the  fall  arc  al- 
most invariably  old  birds,  tlK-  birds  of  the  year  arriving  general- 
ly just  as  the  former  are  leaving  or  sometimes  after  they  are 
gone.  Thus,  the  only  time  we  have  found  adult  Sanderling 
and  Semipalmated  Plover  in  fall  was  Aug.  15,  1908.  Both 
these  species,  previous  years,  but  seasonally  late  in  date,  have 
been  common  but  all  have  been  juveniles.  Up  to  the  end  of 
August  the  greater  percentage  of  the  Black-bellied  Plover  seen 
are  old  birds.  From  the  first  of  September  on,  such  are  rare 
and  the  juveniles  common. 

It  is  also  evident  that  the  fall  migrations  commence  a  good 
deal  earlier  than  is  usually  suspected.  The  first  movement  in 
this  direction  tn  U-  <1eterted  is  tlie  arrival  of  the  first  shore  birds 


l?! 


The  Wilson  Rri-i.ETON — No.  dl. 


beg-inninj(  with  the  Solitary  .San(i])iiK'r  the  end  of  the  first  week 
in  July,  liy  the  iiiiddk  of  the  nunth  the  Yellow  Warhlers  Ik- 
gin  to  thin  out.  With  us  at  IXtroit  this  is  all  the  niij^ration 
phenomena  we  observe  unt'l  the  end  of  Auffust  when  the  first 
of  the  warblers  arrive.  .Any  increase  in  the  luniiber  of  birds 
previous  to  this  date  is  generally  ascriljod  to  their  greater  artiv- 
ity  after  their  nidification  duties  are  over.  .\t  I'elee,  however,  it 
is  cviilent  that  by  the  middle  of  August  several  sjK-cies  of  laii'! 
birds  have  come  down  from  furtiier  north.  Aug.  l.-)-l(;,  lildS, 
the  following  migrants  of  this  class  were  present. 

Kingbird,  gathering  and  alreaily  in  usual  numlxTs. 

(  Hive-sided  Flycatcher. — two. 

WockI  Pew-ee. — in  large  innnlx-rs. 

I'obolink.—  Passing  down  the  Point  in  (locks  of  five  hundred 
daily. 

I'urple  Martiiv — large  flock. 

P.arn  Swallow  j 

i'ank  Swallow  In  larg.-  (hKks  and  passing  out 

Tree  Swallow  j       towards  the  end  of  iIk-  Point. 

Koi.gh- winged  Swallow 

I 'lack  and  white  Warbler. — several  daily. 

Water-Thrush. — One. 

Prairie  Warbler. — One  taken. 

Miiurning  Warbler.— ( )ne  taken. 

I  anadian  Warbler. — Several. 

Tliat  tlies<'  early  dates  indicate  earlier  migrations  at  Pelee 
th.in  elsewhere  we  do  not  iK'lieve.  In  other  localities  a  few  or 
ev ,11  many  of  the  al>ove  s|R'cics,  spread  over  a  broad  front 
ci  nhl  and  i)robably  would  pass  through  unobserved.  Here  it  is 
different :  the  confi)rmati<»n  of  the  land  brings  these  earliest  few 
migrants  to  a  small  focus,  where  observation  of  them  is  easier. 

The  presence  of  the  alK)ve  sf>ecics  in  late  summer  is  hardly 
less  interesting  than  the  absence  of  others  at  the  same  time, 
'i'lu'  Northern  \  «-Ilow-thioat  is  common  during  the  spring 
months  but  is  scarce  in  late  .\ugust  or  ab-'iit  altogether.  We 
observed  none  Aug.  l.">,  PUIS.  ;t  from  the  •.' Ith  on  in  \'Mr, . 
!";\rly  .^^ptember  usnall\  brings  in  gnat  mnnlK-rs  again.  I  "<  in- 
sulting our  S.  P.  Michigan  data  we  should   s.iy  that  there   svas 


T.WKRNKK  ANO  SWAI-ES— On    PoINT  PELEE  BiRDS.        125 


!l 


no  niiRralional  activity  in  this  species  until  tlie  beginnuig  of  Oc- 
tolxr  hut  this  experience  at  the  Point  indicates  that  they  start 
moving  the  first  of  Septenilx-r  and  what  seems  to  us  like  a  sta- 
ti.,nary  population  is.in  reality,  a  steady  stream  of  migrants. 

Like  .lata  iwints  in  the  same  direction  with  other  species. 
lUue  lavs  as  a  s>«--ci«-S  are  permanent  residents  yet  the  middle  of 
Octolx-r,  lltoc.  we  saw  them  in  large  numlK-rs  crossing  the  lake. 
Blackbirds  also  migrate  heavily  from  the  last  of  August  or  ear- 
lier while  the  siK-cies  seems  to  remain  stationary  in  ixjint  of 
numlx-rs  until  late  in  the  fall,  and  they  sometimes  winter  with 
us  Cedar  Waxwings  we  have  always  susixctcd  to  be  migra- 
torv  though  gnierally  listed  as  not  so;  but  we  were  hardly  pr.- 
pared  to  fin<l  them  migrating  the  first  of  September;  or  the 
Robins  and  I'.hiebir.ls  the  middle  of  ()cto1>cr,  nearly  a  month 
before  thev  are.  as  a  sjx'cies.  due  to  leave  us. 

The  Carolinian  tendencies  of  the  fauna  have  lx:en  previously 
enlarged   uix.n   in   iheir  lK>lanical   relations  in  the  Description. 
The  same  tendency  is  markedly   shown   in  the  ornithology  as 
the  f<.ll(>wing  list  of  siK-cies  will  demonstrate: 
(."ardinal.— common  resident. 

Carolina  Wren.— regular  and  not   uncommon    resident.     On 
our  last  visit  ahv.ost  abundant. 

\'ell()w-l)reasted  Chat.— common  summer  resident. 
lUue-grav  ( ;iiatcatcher.— common  migrant  and  likely  regu- 
lar breeder. 

(Vchard  Oriole.— very  common  migrant  and  without  doubt  a 

common  breeder. 

CVrulean  Warbler.— common  migrant  and  likely  bree-ds. 

IV^ides  tlKse  there  are  three  other  species  of  a  more  or  less 
southern  gmeral  distribution  which  were  once  common  but  arc 
now  rare  or  extinct  on  the  T'oint.  Their  decrease,  however. 
d.xs  not  s<rm  to  hv  due  to  kKal  causes  as  tlie  same  might  be 
said  of  I  hem  in  otluT  surrounding  territory. 

I.ark  Sparrow.  ( irasshopixr  Sparrow  and  Dickcisscl. 

To  this  list  of  Carolinian  birds  might  W  ad.Ied  two  stragglers 
— M(K-kingbird  and  Chuck-wills-widow. 

'ihe  latter  is  of  course  a  waiwlerer  pure  an<l  simiile,  but  the 
former  had   everv  iiulicatioii    of  Ixing   i^rfectly  al  home   and 


126 


The  Wilson  Bulleton— No.  Gf. 


there  is  no  apparent  reason  why  it  might  not  have  formed  a  per- 
manent colony,  especially  as  there  is  another  old  report  of  the 
bird  from  tlie  net  distant  locality  of  Chatham. 

Taking  into  consideration  the  irregular  and  intermittent  char- 
acter of  the  work  done  on  the  Point,  the  number  of  rarities 
there  taken  is  significant.  Such  rare,  irregular,  or  wandering 
species  are  far  more  apt  to  be  seen  on  a  main  branch  of  the  mi- 
grational  current  than  along  a  small  side  stream  or  dead  water 
bayou.    In  this  list  can  be  placed  : 

Buff-breasted  Sandpiper,  Iludsonian  Godwit.  Chuck-wills- 
widow.Henslow's  Sparrow,  Blue-winged  Warbler,  Prairie 
Warbler.  Short-billed  Marsh  Wren,  Mockingbird,  Olive-sided 
Flycatcher,  Duck  Hawk,  and  Pigeon  Hawk.  Of  these  the 
Chuck-wills-widow  and  the  I'.lue-winged  Warbler  form  primal 
records  for  the  Province  and  the  Mockingbird  the  only  absolute- 
ly incontestable  one  for  that  species.  All  tliese  throw  into 
prominence  the  imiiortance  of  the  locality  as  an  ornithological 
observa  ory. 

The  at)scnce  of  smic  species  has  Ix-en  of  almost  as  much  in- 
terest as  the  i)risencc  of  others,    .\mong  the   most  striking  of 
these  are  the  following: 
Yellow-thrnatcd  Virco. 

This  is  a  vcrv  comm<  n  summer  resident  and  migrant  along 
the  whole  southeastern  sli-.re  of  Michigan.  It  is  rare  on 
the  Point  and  has  only  Ikxii  noted  occasionally.  It  increases  in 
numbers  again  to  the  eastward  and  seems  to  reach  its  centre  of 
abundance  in  (Ontario  alxnit  London  where,  however,  it  is  but 
fairlv  common. 
1"ufted  Titmouse. 

This  sjiecies  is  a  more  or  less  regular  and  not  uncommon 
fall,  spring,  and  winter  visitor  along  the  Michigan  boundary 
line  as  far  as  the  St. -(lair  I-lats.  On  Belle  Isle,  in  the  Detroit 
river  ojiposite  the  Chy  of  Detroit,  it  occurs  commonly  every 
winter,  and  likelv  nests  si)ariiigly  all  over  this  district,- though, 
so  far  an  Ann  Arlx.r  record  (Auk.  1!)08-;V,'2)  is  the  only  affirm- 
ative .lat.i  we  have  on  the  subject.  As  yet  th<T<>  are  no  On- 
tario records  for  the  si-reies  at  all.  although  it  nuist  almost  nec- 
essarily sometimes  wander  over  across  the  international  bo,uid- 


Taverner  ANt)  Swafj:?— On-  Point  Pei-Ee  I'.irds.      127 


i 


) 


*  .»^ 


ary  Hik-.     It  is  comnmn  en  the  Oliio  shore  across  from    Pdce, 
and  why  it  has  not  crosM-d  over  with  the  Carthnal   and   t:Hro- 
iina  Wren  is  one  of  the  interesting   problems   of   distribution. 
( Ireen-cres'xd  Mycatclier. 

TIk'  ( ;reen-crested  h'lycatcher  has  nnich  tlic  same  ircnir'd\ 
distribution  on  tlw  Amt-rican  side  of  tlie  line  as  the  Tufted  Tit- 
mouse, and  like  it,  has  never  U-en  taken  in  Ontario  There  are 
ample  and  most  i)romising  looking  woods  for  it  all  over  the 
I'oint  but  in  spite  of  a  clos<.'  scrutiny  of  alnn.st  eviry  small 
tlycatcher  seen,  it  has  escai)ed  our  observation  so  far. 
( loldcn-winged  \V  arbler. 

This  is  <  n€  of  the  commonest  summer  residents  among  the 
warblers  on  the  Michigan  side  of  the  Internati<«ia1  line,  and  an 
almost  abundant  migrant,  but  wo  have  met  with  it  but  very 
sparingly  at  tlK'  Point. 

On  tlve  other  hand,  there  arc  cases  where  the  tables  are  re- 
versed, and  there  are  a  numl)er  <  f  spe'cies  more  or  less  common 
on  the  Point  tliat  wc,  on  the  Michigan  side  of  the  line,  seldom 
see.  \\t  will  leave  .,ut  most  of  the  shore  birds  as  they  are 
plainly  governed  by  the  topographical  surroundings,  naming 
only : 

(lolden  and  P.lack-bcllied  Plover. 

These  have  Ix'cn  mentioned  lu'fore  by  the  writers.  (Auk 
lOOT.  p.  140).  We  have  met  the  (iolden  Plover  twice  on  the 
Point.  There  arc  several  good  records  for  tlie  sjKcies  in  num- 
Ijcrs  on  the  C^ntario  side  of  I-ake  ( )ntario.  Init  very  few  of  them 
for  adjoining  Michigan  localities,  'ihc  lUack-bcllied  is  a  little 
more  conmion  with  us  but  is  still  but  an  irregular  straggler; 
while  at  th<'  Point  it  is  Ixith  regular  and  onmion. 
.Xnicrican  CJoshawk. 

This  species  wo  have  also  enlarged  upon  in  this  connection 
in  the  l)eforc-cited  paix<r.  The  llight  of  this  six-cies  the  fall  of 
litOC.  that  extended  over  eastern  Ontario  and  invaded  Point  Pe- 
lee  in  considerable  mind>ers,  seemed  hardly  to  extend  In-yond 
the  International  Ixnmdary  in  Michigan,  but  few  birds  pene- 
trating Innond  the  first  tier  of  counties. 
I'.lack-iMill  Warbler. 
This  was  also  treated  (tf    in  the  Ix-fore-mentioned     ciiation. 


■■"y-i^»_ 


'^SXi 


^':?''^ 


128 


The  Wilson  Bum.eton-No.  «i. 


!    I 


gram  b,„  very  rare  in.pri:;     Up  to', ^  ITT",  '"'  "'■ 

We  have  inv?.riabv  found  the  White-crown^,!  c: 
-on  spring  and  fa„  nn>rant   at    ^Pohu    ;  t  TLT  """' 
since  lf)04,  it  has  been  either  ra«>  or  .1       I  •-   •'''"■•''■ 

^'^<^  Michigan  side  of  ,he  ine  iT  ^"'  '"  °"''  ""^^^  ^'''"^ 
spring  of  1008.  but  in  nothing  hill  nl^r^^T  "", '''' 
accustomed  to  see  in  the  past  '''•^'   '**^^" 

soll^rr  Po^';^;:^^:  T  ^""  ^"^ "  ""'-^^  •'-  ^i- 

acljoining  Mich.^a     s^Lj   'X  '^  'l^'T  '^""  ^'^•'''  ^^  ^"^ 
Huron  and  Erie  seen     to  fn;  .        "  ''^•'''"  J"'"'"^   ''"''^■-^ 

the  two  areas.  "?i "n  t.1  ll'  ^''''^'"^-'"'^  "-  f-Uveen 
by  the  plausible  th  on  "haut" '^"''"-^  "  ""'-^  ^^"'''^'"-J 
"^rational  strean^^  ;;^..  n^:;;  ^  ^--sed  bv 
<li.ssirnilaritv  of  the  snnn.r  . ,  '^'''''*'  ""■"""•     T'^c 

^  explained  in  ;;:::nri:t^"T'^^  r^^'^'"  ^^" 

or  less  currently  accepted  theo  ie  If  ^ial '  d"  '^^  '"  """ 
t'on  routes,  it  may  be  that  Southeaste^XM  V  "''^' ■  ""^"■ 
"•i^rant  life  bv  wav  nf  fl,.    ,  ,  "^^'^^"^  Michigan  receives    its 

nels  while  Peiyisml!;';'  -''r"""' ^'^^'^'  ^'^^"-^^  ^■'-"- 
i'Walongthe  Oh  o  r  '  r  n     'V     "  •■""*- ^  P-'-P^   -ntinu- 

-esicoi^tothXid:^  ::tni;;r;rf^"V'^ 

stream  tr>  Ukf  Frif.  ;,nrl  c^  -^arKluskv.  then  flown  that 

i-ahe  j,ne  and  so  across  to  Point  Pelee      Th.c    • 
yc-  purely  con  ectural  through  lack  of  {,rl    T'  "  ^' 

ject.     It  suggests   however  T.  '  "^^'^  ^"  ^'"^  «"»>- 

'"at  is  veil "'rth  foiZ:;:;-:;  ""^"'^-^  "-^ ^^^  ^^-^^-  ■^""  -- 

Ie..g.hen<.d  out  far  l>e  1  u  rf  ^';'-^'>^'''^^'"ee  of  the  reader. 

■-'s  tl'c  data  i,  ere  I  r  ?,  '  ^^^^^^  ■"•-*--  ^^  »'-  writers 

to  demand.     C     '  is    1        '"""'''"'*^  '*'  ^'"  ''^•^''■^■^-  — '' 
one  ,s  U-tter  aware  of  the  manifold  sl,or(co,„- 


ilr;^ 


'i^"'%R'-':-:^; 


t 


Taverner  and  Swales— On  Point  Pelee  Birds. 


129 


ings  of  the  work  than  we  are.  With  the  time,  nieans,  and  abil- 
ity at  our  disposal  we  have  done  our  l,est,  and  if  we  have  only 
succeeded  in  calling  the  attention  of  some  of  the  ornithological 
public  to  what  seems  to  us  to  be  one  of  th-  most  promising  fields 
of  migrational  and  distributional  investigation  we  shall  feel  that 
we  have  accomplished  our  end. 

[CONCLUOED.J 


'H 


If 


I  i 


Ji^ 


